Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Defense Contractors To Build Border Fence

The quick fix may involve sending in the National Guard. But to really patch up the broken border, President Bush is preparing to turn to a familiar administration partner: the nation's defense contractors, the NEW YORK TIMES will report on page ones Thursday, RAW STORY has learned.

"Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman, three of the largest defense contractors, are among the companies that said they would submit bids for a multibillion-dollar federal contract to build a virtual fence along the nation's land borders." DEVELOPING....

Great, just what we really need. More incompetence at a high price to the taxpayers. We'll see cost overruns, charges for non-existent equipment and workers, the fence will take 25 years to build ... you get the picture!

2 comments:

Bob said...

& make an even bigger profit by hiring Mexicans to build it.

Carrie said...

Oooh, I didn't even THINK of that! How true, how true.