America is built on capitalism. In Iraq billions of U.S. Tax dollars are being spent on rebuilding and on maintaining our troops there
I appreciate the service that our troops give us. I am not sure that we should be there but we have our young soldiers are there and we need to take proper care of those troops.
I thanked Andrew S for his article and for his service. As an American we have every right to expect and demand that our tax dollars are spent wisely. I am taking Andrew's word that Haliburton did some good work over in Iraq or contracted some other companies who did a good job.
As an American I still contend that it is not un-patriotic to criticize the government for a foreign policy issue or any other issue.
I will contribute to the cause as I have been caring for the soldiers after they have left the service in whatever way that I can. That is my job and role in life. One area that needs to be addressed is the government will have to come up with the money to care for 20,000 wounded veterans. Citizens who want to support the troops should also be contacting their representatives and asking for additional funds for military hospitals and veterans facilities to care for the massive influx of severely wounded troops. Many of these people are shattered for the rest of their lives
In regards to Dick Cheney getting rich off of Haliburton's recent activities he is not.BUT........
America is built on capitalism. Dick Cheney is not getting rich off of Haliburton he has already done that. Haliburton owes Dick about 23 million dollars but no worries the Cheneys have an insurance policy to make sure that they will get paid one way or the other.
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What was the point of your article, Robert? Somehow I could not figure out what you were trying to say.
Best regards, Ben
Author "Leading People to be Highly Motivated and Committed"
-- Vice President Dick Cheney
REALITY: Cheney currently holds 50,000 shares of unexercised stock options in Halliburton with a gross value of $3.76 million
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What's that expression? Money talks, bulls**t walks...
Via a tip to PEEK, I was directed to a May report that flew under my radar: Are Dick Cheney's Money Managers Betting on Bad News?
According to Kiplinger's, the Cheneys, who may be worth close to $100 million, have invested the vast majority of their wealth overseas, in markets that do not fluctuate based on the U.S. dollar:
Vice President Cheney's financial advisers are apparently betting on a rise in inflation and interest rates and on a decline in the value of the dollar against foreign currencies. That's the conclusion we draw after scouring the financial disclosure form released by Cheney this week.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/08/25/cheneys-investments-show_n_27991.html
The big picture is good and the details are good. Everything that is good is up and going up, and things that are bad are down and going down.
You are listening too much to the "sky is falling" crowd and they have never been right. Some of them are sincere though wrong, but most of them are out of power and willing to do anything to regain power.
Best regards, Ben
Author "Leading People to be Highly Motivated and Committed"