Operation Sweatshop Iraq

[DuctapeFatwa]

The restaurant workers were brought together by a company named Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR), a subsidiary of Halliburton of Houston, Texas. Halliburton has contracts in Iraq worth more than $8 billion that range from cooking meals, delivering mail, building bases to repairing Iraq's oil industry.

The company can't hire workers fast enough to fulfill their commitments, but the pay scales fluctuate wildly depending on the country of citizenship of the employee. Americans, who work at dead-end, low-wage jobs at home, get paid handsomely even by US standards. Iraqi salaries start at $100 a month and imported South Asian workers get three times that. Meanwhile Halliburton is being investigated by the US military for overcharging US taxpayers to the tune of at least $16 million.

As we leave the hotel I ask Army Corp of Engineers spokesperson Dowling about the allegations that Halliburton in profiting out of the war in Iraq. "Some may see it as war profiteering but for the young soldiers, it is hot food and a dry place to sleep," he explains. "Yes, it is a profit motive that brings companies into a dangerous location, but that is what capitalism is all about.

http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=9928

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[madrchsod]

1. i would read it but i`m

still haven`t recovered from i/p today....

[burrowowl]

2. As soon as they can get rid of all the foreign workers

and only hire Irakis, they will still charge the US taxpayer the same amount and pocket even more profits. F**king F**ktards!

[tlcandie]

3. According to this article... if we are out of work we can sign up to

move out to a war zone coming near you to work for KRB!!!! $7-$8k a month!!!

Only hitch is you will be working to someone else from another country making $200 a month along with a LARGE possibility of death.

[Must_B_Free]

4. Does this mean our IT jobs are going to be outsourced to Iraq next?

Sounds like they can uncercut India...

[Gothic Sponge]

5. Everything will be outsourced soon

Start building a bunker now.

[struggle4progress]

6. Oooh so that was the reason for war ...

"Yes, it is a profit motive that brings companies into a dangerous location, but that is what capitalism is all about."

How could we ever showcase the glorious freemarket, functioning in a dangerous location, if we didn't have a dangerous location?

[daleo]

7. A little fun with his quote

"Some may see it as war profiteering... but that is what capitalism is all about."

Yes, I know I distorted what he said a bit, but I couldn't pass it up.

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. This is their answer to outsourcing

Once * finalizes making Iraq the 51st state, American corporations can send jobs over there for $1200/year, and they can't be accused of "outsourcing" because, after all, they're just transferring jobs from one state to another! Need a job? Move to Iraq! (No relocation allowance, but you get a discount on bulletproof jackets, if purchased through the company. Free burial benefits. Why complain about sweatshops taking your job when YOU, TOO, can work in a sweatshop! M/F/G/L/B/T/Handicapped Welcome. KBR is an equal-opportunity employer. Send resumes to BushCo, 1600 Avenue of Prosperity, Washington, D.C.)