05-26-2004, 01:33 PM
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So Fucking Banned
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 11,486
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Originally posted by TheJimmy
agreed, but what is really sad is the best money spent is NOT being spent atm...
as mentioned we're doing the draconian shit...
the lack of spending on preventative shit in the first place (scanners, ground intel, etc) is what helped get us here in the first place....boy that redneck SHIRRR is not doing the right thing, unless he wants more attacks to keep himself in office...
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I agree, and what's the only thing Bush is spending money to protect? You guessed it, oil companies. No I'm not joking.
Taxpayers Footing Oil Safety Bill
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in619558.shtml
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CBS)_It's no secret that when it comes to the mounting cost of security for all high-risk terrorist targets, like nuclear power plants and railroads, there simply isn't enough Homeland Security money to go around.
But, as CBS News Correspondent Mika Brzezinski reports, precious taxpayer dollars are quietly going to pay for security at some of the richest corporations in the world. Major oil companies have received $65 million to buy cameras, fencing, and communications equipment.
"That makes no sense to me at all," says Bill Millar, President of the American Public Transportation Association.
Millar asks why these profitable private companies are receiving scarce taxpayer dollars while publicly funded entities like the transit system, with Americans riding 32 million times a day, left under-funded and under-protected.
"Clearly, public transit is being short changed and security is not as strong as it could be," says Millar.
"We don't have unlimited resources," says Danielle Brian, the executive director of Project On Government Oversight. Brian cites the Bush administration's close ties with the oil industry and points out that these companies could well afford to pay for their own security.
"They're taking absolute advantage of the situation and the government is letting them get away with it," said Brian.
Case in point: Citgo made a $439 million profit but took $19.4 million in government grants. ConocoPhillips earned $4.7 billion in profits but received nearly $10.8 million. ChevronTexaco netted a whopping $7.2 billion profit but several of its facilities still got over $7.3 million in government handouts.
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