The United States government as a for profit business

Blackwater USA, the "private security" firm operating as mercenaries in Iraq, represents the complete, absolute breakdown of the capitalist system. Federal tax dollars are being used to employ private citizens to fight in an undeclared war, all within the framework of capitalism. In plain english, Bush is redirecting tax payer dollars into the hands of an organization his party will be receiving political donations from, thus completing this cycle of profit. Only Bush could privatize murder. That's private citizens capitalizing by taking human life. The founder of Blackwater USA, Erik Prince (an inherited billionaire whose parents made numerous financial contributions to conservative interests), has political ties to the Bush administration and has received over $1,000,000,000 in government contracts since the invasion of Iraq, the majority of which have been no-bid. This calls to mind the billions of dollars in no-bid contracts awarded to Halliburton by former CEO of Halliburton turned Vice-President of the United States Dick Cheney. We're talking Billions of dollars here, all changing hands "legally", with real human life being lost in the process, all of it being falsely paraded as a fight for freedom. Our government is operating as a corporation, harvesting tremendous, almost unfathomable profits right in front of our eyes, outsourcing this business venture to the private sector. At this point, how can our government be seen for anything other than a for profit business?

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071022/scahill
http://www.iraqfact.com/zPic_blackwater.html


That's easy. Our government itself isn't making any profit. However, the ones administering it's rule are. That's the key difference preventing our government from being labeled as a for profit business. Special interests are a fact in our government and economy. You give me a few billion dollars in contracts and I'll finance your next campaign, and I'll collect this six figure salary along the way. That's what this war is about: money. Any way you slice it, there is no way to deny this. Many of Blackwater's mercenaries earn over $1,000 per day. It's tough to find that kind of pay anywhere. There is a commercial interest in continuing this war, and so long as profits are plentiful, the special interests will be as well.


It is disturbing that president Bush has been able to hire a private army to do his will. Consider all he has done during his presidency. He misrepresented the truth behind the cause of 9/11 to the American citizens and the rest of the wary world. He made up a connection between Bin Laden and Iraq that didn't exist, that he knew full well didn't exist. He told the world that he had evidence that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, only to never find them and never atone for this mistake. He has since refused to accept responsibility for this, and argues that we must continue fighting in Iraq since we are already there, ignoring the fact that we never should have been there and that the only true solution is to recognize whatever government comes to rule in Iraq and assist in rebuilding what we have destroyed, while at the same time ceasing our mission of global imperialism. He continues today to make the connection between 9/11 and Iraq, continuing on as if he has done no wrong in the process and that all of his acts are justified. And now this. Lacking a legitimate army to do his dirty work, Bush has found a way to harvest people for cash, putting them to work on the battlefield in a real life game of Command And Conquer. This is the most distorted capitalistic venture to date, and it just shows how far we have degenerated as a culture.

We need to do a 180 in this country, and it needs to happen fast. Once upon a time capitalism served a purpose, offering tremendous growth and potential for the citizens of this country. However that growth and potential has been over-consumed with too many people fighting over a pie that is slanted towards the wealthy, leading to a vicious cycle of power and greed, environmental destruction and murderous imperialism misrepresented as the goodwill deed of spreading freedom. The only freedom being spread is the freedom to profit however one can using any means necessary, allowing those with the most money to call the shots at the expense of the great majority. And now we have Blackwater USA, the commercial killers of capitalism. And It's all in the name of money.

See this war for what it is, and our politicians for the interests they answer to.

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