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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:29 PM Original message |
Retired military officers cash in as well-paid consultants |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. So? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Maybe because it is your freaking money with which they are being OVERpaid? |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Says you. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Are you disputing that their pay comes from tax $$$$$? |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Not at all |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I imagine that there are plenty of cut-rate grifters who can provide the same "services"... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. It's one of the main reasons America is always at war. nt |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's a mighty sweet (war is a) racket they have going threre. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. War is a racket |
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raebrek (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. no sense |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Double dipping... |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. I know of someone doing this. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. ". . . a complete joke on the American taxpayer." is correct, SoapBox. And welcome |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. These guys are nothing more than lobbyists. They have the connections and some |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. And they say Afghanistan is corrupt. n/t |
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Big_Mike (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
15. I personally observed a couple of the Generals listed in the article |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. +1 |
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