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A Few Things I've Stolen (2)$2,000,000,000,000 |
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Two trillion dollars is the estimated final cost of the war with Iraq.
That works out at $6,666 for every man woman and child in U.S., $33,333 for a family of 5. Of course for those of you who have lost a husband or a father that probably sounds pretty cheap.
Now that money doesn’t just disappear into a big black hole. Every penny of it finds its way into somebody’s pocket somewhere and a nice good chunk of it goes to my friends and family. Come take a look.
Value of contracts awarded to Halliburton over $10 billion
Halliburton campaign contributions 1990-2002 $2,379,792
Halliburton contributions to Democrats since 1999 $17,654
Halliburton contributions to Republicans since 1999 $279,595
Donations from members Halliburton’s board of directors to Democrats in 2004 $4,000
Donations from members Halliburton’s board of directors to Republicans in 2004 $365,065The biggest donor was Ray Hunt $190,000
Whom, I appointed finance chairman of the RNC’s Victory Committee in 2000. And I also appointed to my foreign intelligence advisory board in 2001.Size of Dick Cheney’s retirement package from Halliburton where he was CEO until 2000 $33.7 million.
Number of stock options Cheney still held in Halliburton as of October 2005 433,000.
Value of those options in October 2004 $241,000
Value of those options in October 2005 $8,165,489
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/5506.html
Value of contracts awarded to Bechtel’s family firm in Iraq £2.8 billion. http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Nov2004/Pringle1102.htmBechtel Group Inc campaign contributions 1990-2002 $3,310,102
A major contributor to Dick Cheney’s political action committee when he was considering running for president in 1994/95 was. . . . . . . . Stephen Bechtel.Bechtel’s CEO is Riley Bechtel who I appointed to the Export Council which advises me in international trade issues.
On the board at Bechtel is George Shultz, Reagan’s Secretary of State.
A senior vice president of Bechtel is Jack Sheehan who was also a member of the Defence Policy Board which advised Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfield.
Head of the Defence Policy Board was Richard Perle a strong cheerleader for the war who had to resign when conflicts of interest relating to his connection with telecommunications firm Global Crossing were revealed.
Value of contracts awarded to companies owned by the Carlyle Group, over $3 billion.
People who have worked for the Carlyle Group, my dad, his Secretary of State James Baker, me.
The Carlyle Group is run by Frank Carlucci, who was National Security Advisor and Secretary of Defence under Ronald Reagan and was roommates with Donald Rumsfield at college.Interesting fact.
Investor’s lured to The Carlyle group by my dad during his time there included “The Bin Laden Group.” The construction conglomerate owned by the family of Osama Bin Laden.
In January 2006 dad wrote to China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry that it would be "beneficial to the comprehensive development of Sino-US relations" if Beijing approved the sale of a Chinese bank to a consortium which included Carlyle. Bluntly put, Bush Sr. asked China to grant Carlyle a lucrative business deal or risk his son's wrath. foreign policy at its finest.
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1025-21.htmIncrease in the value of military contractor Engineered Support Systems since I became President. 1000%.
On the board of Engineered Support Systems is: My uncle William H.T. “Bucky” Bush.
Amount Bucky made cashing out 8,434 stock options in January 2005 $450,000.
Amount of stock options he still owns 45,000.The Crest Investment Company is a private investment company which among other things generates private contracts in Iraq. It is run by an old family friend Jamal Daniel. Who was working for them in 1993? My brother Neil Bush.
Another one of my brothers is Marvin Pierce Bush. He is the co-founder of Winston Partners, a private investment firm that invests in. . . . . . you’ve guest it military and security firms. Are you beginning to detect a pattern here?
Other Things I Have Stolen.
The Presidency of the United States of America, TWICE.
12 Billion Dollars worth of Iraqi Oil