Federal contractors donate to 'super PAC' backing Romney

[Dick Tuck]

Federal contractors donate to 'super PAC' backing Romney

Reporting from Washington— A "super PAC" that has spent more than $35 million on behalf of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has accepted donations from federal contractors despite a 36-year-old ban against such companies making federal political expenditures.

At least five companies with government contracts gave a combined $890,000 to Restore Our Future, the pro-Romney super PAC, a review of federal contracting records and campaign finance data shows.

So this is the right wing's wet dream. A nation bought and sold by the highest bidders.

 

[Conservative]

you realize Obama takes money from SuperPAC's too, right dip-stick?

 

[VaYank5150]

Federal contractors donate to 'super PAC' backing Romney

Reporting from Washington— A "super PAC" that has spent more than $35 million on behalf of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has accepted donations from federal contractors despite a 36-year-old ban against such companies making federal political expenditures.

At least five companies with government contracts gave a combined $890,000 to Restore Our Future, the pro-Romney super PAC, a review of federal contracting records and campaign finance data shows.

So this is the right wing's wet dream. A nation bought and sold by the highest bidders.

So says the US Supreme Court...

 

[Decepticon]

I don't understand why we pay contractors MORE money than it would cost us for the military to do the job itself.

All contracting is, is a way for management to take a slice of the workers pie and give it to management. Look at private run prisons. They don't maintain the infrastructure with a 40 year lifespan in mind. Their contract is up in 10. So no reason to invest for those 30 years you might not be working there, is there?
So, who gets that money? Management? Who ultimately will have to pay for the maintenance, at a much higher repair instead of maintenance cost? Taxpayers.


On January 2,2008, Staff Sergeant Ryan Maseth was electrocuted while taking a shower in his living quarters in the Radwaniyah Palace Complex in Baghdad. According to a memorandum issued by the Army Criminal Investigative Division, Staff Sergeant Maseth’s death was due to improper grounding of the electric water pump which supplied water to the building’s pipes.

 

[Conservative]

from the OP link...

Several contributors — including a Florida aerospace company that has contracts with the Defense Department, and a Boston-based construction company that is helping build a Navy base — are taking advantage of a legal gray area created by the Supreme Court's 2010 ruling in the Citizens United case, which said that independent political expenditures could not be regulated based on who was making them.

Federal courts and the Federal Election Commission, which is responsible for enforcing the federal contractor ban, have yet to decide whether it is still valid. That leaves the legality of such contributions in question, though several election law experts believe the ban will be found unconstitutional.

until it is determined officially that a law was broken, no law was broken.

 

[del]

I don't understand why we pay contractors MORE money than it would cost us for the military to do the job itself.

All contracting is, is a way for management to take a slice of the workers pie and give it to management. Look at private run prisons. They don't maintain the infrastructure with a 40 year lifespan in mind. Their contract is up in 10. So no reason to invest for those 30 years you might not be working there, is there?
So, who gets that money? Management? Who ultimately will have to pay for the maintenance, at a much higher repair instead of maintenance cost? Taxpayers.


On January 2,2008, Staff Sergeant Ryan Maseth was electrocuted while taking a shower in his living quarters in the Radwaniyah Palace Complex in Baghdad. According to a memorandum issued by the Army Criminal Investigative Division, Staff Sergeant Maseth’s death was due to improper grounding of the electric water pump which supplied water to the building’s pipes.

i'm sorry that your cell isn't up to the high standards you've come to expect.