Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Some numbers worth knowing

I found the following in an article by Jim Hightower entitled "Where Bush's arrogance has taken us" :

* Number of White House officials and cabinet members who have any of their immediate family in Bush's war: 0

* Total value of contracts given to Halliburton for work in the Bush-Cheney "War on Terror" since 2001: More than $15 billion

* Amount that Halliburton pays to the Third World laborers it imports into Iraq to do the work in its dining facilities, laundries, etc.: $6 per 12-hour day (50 cents an hour)

* Amount that Halliburton bills us taxpayers for each of these workers: $50 a day

* Amount that Halliburton bills U.S. taxpayers for:
-- A case of sodas: $45
-- Washing a bag of laundry: $100


There are lots of other numbers in that article that are worth knowing but these are the ones that stood out to me.

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