Documentary: Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers

Documentary: Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers

Interesting look at fraudulent business practices of defense contractors and corrupt government officials who fuel them. It also looks at how the CACI contract was listed on the war funding as providing IT support, however they money actually ended up paying CACI for illegal interrogations. The next time Congress passes a War Funding bill, they should realize that money may not be used for what it was authorized for. They should also make stipulation that the money is actually accounted for. Right now the money, U.S. taxpayer dollars, goes into mysterious bank accounts. No one knows where.

Of course, the excuse is, "The bill is to make sure our troops get paid." It is a good selling point but very dishonest. The troops only get a small fraction of it. Most of it goes to paying private defense contractors. It's like saying Johnny the waiter needs to get paid, so the solution of the government is to buy the restaurant chain where Johnny works at. Sure Johnny gets paid, most of the money goes to making the owners becoming rich, Congress members get paid, and it's marketed in the newspapers at "Johnny Gets Paid". A true win for Johnny and the working class .. or not. And the Bill only costs U.S. taxpayers 102 million dollars, what a deal considering that Johnny's weekly pay is about $380.