Rep. Grayson: High-Priced Private War Contractors Driving Up Cost of Afghanistan War

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Brave New Foundation talked today with U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson about the huge increase in the number of war industry contractors in Afghanistan during the first year of the Obama presidency. Grayson explained that the high price of war contractors drives up the cost of the Afghanistan war. He's introduced legislation to de-fund private firms who behave as Blackwater/Xe has in Afghanistan.

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  • I am so sick of (most of) these contractors! We, the taxpayers, are paying these guys way to much money to do things our military should be able to handle. Plus, it stinks of war profiteering, they answer to no one, their work is often shoddy, etc, etc. Get them out of there!

  • i like it. the money spent on PMCs could be better put to use on the enlisted that serve the country, not the contractor serving his company

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  • all of the people that talk shit about us Private Contractors, let me tell you what, come over to my training center and i will show what a real man is about.

    west side of Highway 66, a short distance north of Kingman, Arizona look for the Big fence, razor wire and armed guards.

    Elk Ridge Training Center

    North Route 66,

    Kingman, AZ 86401

    PS: I made $500-$1,000 a day when I was in Iraq and now I own my own company. My employees make $800 in Afghanistan and $1,000 in Iraq.

    so fuck all of you

  • LOL! Don't talk to me like I am in the second grade. This is pure propaganda. Answer one simple question and I will buy this crap... "Why not just pay our military armed forces more?" Answer: No contractor companies make money. Honestly... are we really this stupid?

  • Private War Contractors?!? UN-Fuckin-Believable!

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