The Green-Zoning of America: PAUL KRUGMAN - Spoils System ; U.S. hell-bent for Iran war by PAUL KRUGMAN - The New York Times Monday Feb 5th, 2007
KRUGMAN: Under the guise of promoting a conservative agenda, the Bush administration has created a supersized version of the 19th-century spoils system. THE COMPLETE ARTICLE AND MORE --> OP-ED COLUMNIST The Green-Zoning of America By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: February 5, 2007 One of the best of the many recent books about the Iraq debacle is Rajiv Chandrasekarans Imperial Life in the Emerald City. The book tells a tale of hopes squandered in the name of politicization and privatization: key jobs in Baghdads Green Zone were assigned on the basis of loyalty rather than know-how, while key functions were outsourced to private contractors. Two recent reports in The New York Times serve as a reminder that the Bush administration has brought the same corruption of governance to the home front. Call it the Green-Zoning of America. --- Meanwhile, never mind the idea that outsourcing of government functions should be used to promote competition and save money. The Times reports that fewer than half of all contract actions new contracts and payments against existing contracts are now subject to full and open competition, down from 79 percent in 2001. And many contractors are paid far more than it would cost to do the job with government employees: those CACI workers processing claims against other contractors cost the government $104 an hour. --MORE-- http://mparent7777.blogspot.com/2007/02/green-zoning-of-america-paul-krugman.html Labels: Abu Ghraib, Big Pharma, Bush, civil service, corruption, detainees, economy, Katrina, Medicare, News, outsourcing, PAUL KRUGMAN, Politics, The New York Times, think tank, torture No Way Out: MAUREEN DOWD - Iraq: " Were Cooked" http://mparent7777.blogspot.com/2007/02/no-way-out-maureen-dowd-iraq-were.html Why Dick Cheney Cracked Up: FRANK RICH - Cover-Up Crumbles http://mparent7777.blogspot.com/2007/02/why-dick-cheney-cracked-up-frank-rich_05.html U.S. hell-bent for Iran war http://mparent7777.blogspot.com/2007/02/us-hell-bent-for-iran-war.html If a president were a traitor http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2007/02/if-president-were-traitor.html Stop Bush Now! http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2007/02/stop-bush-now.html And More http://mparent7777.blogspot.com/ New website http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/ Alternate website with unique articles CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS MARC PARENT mparent7777 mparent --------------------------------- Share your photos with the people who matter at Yahoo! Canada Photos
