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Boondoggle

Iraq's reconstruction is another project in the long list of government boondoggles that have been paid for by the U.S. taxpayer. The companies that benefit from the destruction in Iraq are widely ...  
 
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banditosyanquis (2 years ago) Show Hide
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oh, not all government prototypes are boondoggles. eisenhower's federal interstate system, for example. but so many of them are. here in Los Angeles, we have a light-rail system that doesn't go anywhere!
banditosyanquis (2 years ago) Show Hide
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That's a good question. I believe it's been reopened since the panel that fell on that poor lady. But I don't know for sure.
banditosyanquis (2 years ago) Show Hide
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yes, but there is a difference. the super-collider never resulted in anybody's death. the big dig, and Iraq did.
BI30 (2 years ago) Show Hide
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One addition I'd include: Wolfowitz, who phrased the reconstruction agreement to circumvent restrictions by the WTO, was later put IN CHARGE of the WTO. Coincidence? I think not.
banditosyanquis (2 years ago) Show Hide
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Don't you mean the World Bank?
BI30 (2 years ago) Show Hide
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My mistake. You are right. Though he's been infused with the same power there to mold policy to fit the Bush agenda as he would of had he been installed at the WTO.
netsugen (3 years ago) Show Hide
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wow this is crazy
mungo23 (3 years ago) Show Hide
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I may not be getting my moneys worth, but I AM getting your moneys worth, LOL!
banditosyanquis (3 years ago) Show Hide
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no you're not.

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