Halliburton bills U.S. taxpayers $50 for $5 labor in Iraq

[Clara T]

Halliburton bills U.S. taxpayers $50 for $5 labor in Iraq
6 Feb., 2006

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- Halliburton's KBR subsidiary pays $5 to $16 a day in wages to third world laborers in Iraq, but bills U.S. taxpayers between $50 and $80 a day for each laborer, military requisitions obtained by HalliburtonWatch reveal.

The requisitions contain KBR's per diem labor costs submitted to the military for approval.

“We pay our locals $5 to $16 dollars a day and you can see where put it down as $60 a day,” a KBR employee who wished to remain anonymous because of concern about company retaliation, remarked to HalliburtonWatch.

For example, an invoice from KBR subcontractor, Ranj Company, shows "washer folders" (laundry workers) are paid $7 a day, but the requisition shows the military is billed between $60 and $70 a day for this work, a roughly ten-fold markup for KBR. Security guards are paid $16 a day even though the military reimburses KBR at a daily rate of $60 for this work.

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/labor2.html

[peanutbrittle]

1. The RW argument is:

"Good for them, they deserve it. They are the only one who are qualified to do it."

As the treasury is being looted

[Anywho6]

2. Just wait until they slither their way into the ports deal! n/t

[Ouabache]

3. Ka ching

like Bu$hler says: "It's your money." (as he and his cronies snare it and off-shore it)