U.S. To Halliburton: You’re Fired!

July 12th, 2006 by Matthew Slutsky

It is being reported that the U.S. Military is ending its loving relationship with Dick Cheney’s former company Halliburton. Halliburton has served bravely and with honor in Iraq contracting services from truck drivers to laundry services. Oh wait, that’s not true.

From LA Times:

Under the deal, Halliburton had exclusive rights to provide the military with a wide range of work that included keeping troops around the globe fed, sheltered and in communication with friends and family back home.

Government audits turned up more than $1 billion in questionable costs.

Whistle-blowers said the company charged $45 a case for sodas, double-billed on meals and allowed troops to bathe in contaminated water.

Bathing in contaminated water…what’s so bad about that?


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  • Ken
    comparing the cost of the $7 in the supermarket for soda isn't fair when comparing the cost of it in Iraq.

    First, all of the soda had to be imported. Coke and Pepsi had to put bottling plants all over the US in order to be competitive in pricing. Secondly, you have to pay employees more to drive soda around in Iraq.

    Its only $1.87 a can. Some gas stations sell it for 0.75 cents here in the US.

    I am for open competitive bidding. I just think the argument sounds ignorant when people think soda can be delivered for the same price in Miami as it can in Ramadi. Come on folks, a tropical depression forms in the Atlantic and the price of gas goes up in Iowa............
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