How much money has Haliburton and its alliliates made from government contracts since 9/11?
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I'm not sure of the exact figure but here are some figures that might help clarify the situation: \n\nHalliburton has received $7.8 billion in U.S. taxpayer assistance since 1992 (excluding money from the Pentagon). Please bear in mind that this money has nothing to do with actual government (mostly military) contracts and thus constitutes a corporate "handout" for a multi-billion dollar conglomerate. \n\nThe value of Halliburton's government contracts increased by nearly 100 percent, from $1.2 billion to $2.3 billion, during Dick Cheney's tenure as CEO. Since becoming vice president, Cheney has NOT divested himself of his Halliburton stock and has in fact continued to increase the company's (and his own) profits. (Note: An internal Pentagon email proves that a $7 billion no-bid contract awarded to Halliburton on March 8, 2003 was "coordinated" with Cheney's office.)\n\nIt is a safe bet that we are talking tens of billions (with a B) of dollars in Halliburton's coffers since 9/11, much of that money courtesy of Cheney and all of it courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer. This entire situation is criminal to the point of obscenity!
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$16.5 billion \n\nSee http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2006/nasa.html
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the Top Ten shareholders for Halliburton Company, Inc., are as follows: (see biz.yahoo.com/hd/h/hal.html):\n\n#10: The Vanguard Group, with 7.6 million shares of Halliburton stock, worth about $176 million. Vanguard, also 10th largest mutual-fund shareholder in Halliburton, is a huge owner in ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips. It moved onto this list recently when Dallas-based Maverick Capital, privately owned by the Wylie family, moved off. Vice President Cheney's disclosure statement (above) shows millions of his retirement money invested through Vanguard.\n\n#9: Lord Abbett & Co., with about 8 million shares of Halliburton. Lord Abbett's trustees, who manage billions controlled by this investment firm, include Bush uncle William H. T. Bush. Lord Abbett is also one of Halliburton's top ten mutual fund holders (another 4.7 million shares). \n\n#8: Deutsche Bank, with 8.3 million shares of Halliburton. Deutsche Bank was home to Alvin B. Krongard, now Bush's number-three man at the CIA. Krongard, whom the CIA web site lists as a longtime consultant, was a director at Alex Brown Bankers Trust, which got a multi-million management contract with FMR (see #7).\n\n#7: FMR Corporation (Fidelity Management & Research), with 10 million shares. FMR, the world's largest mutual fund company, and Wellington (see #2, below) are by far the biggest shareholders in TB Woods Corp., where presidential cousin Craig Stapleton was a director before becoming ambassador to the Czech Republic. FMR also owns big in United Defense/Carlyle, connected to former President George H. W. Bush, and Fresh Del Monte, where presidential brother Marvin P. Bush is back on the board. Interestingly, FMR also owns about 50,000 shares of Harken Energy, George W. Bush's old stomping grounds (current value: about $20,000). Fidelity's Magellan Fund is also the second largest mutual fund holder in Halliburton.\n\n#6: Putnam Investment Manage-ment, LLC, with more than 12.5 million shares. Putnam also owns stock in United Defense/the Carlyle Group and in Fresh Del Monte. Putnam is another top mutual fund holder in Halliburton.\n\n#5: State Street Corporation, with 13 million shares. State Street, which reportedly controls $6 trillion in investments, recently revealed plans for a multi-million deal with (#8) Deutsche Bank, and owns $4.5B worth of Morgan Stanley (#3, below). State Street is also hugely invested in ExxonMobil, one of Saddam's biggest customers, and BP, which started life as "Iraq Petroleum." Also owns big in United Defense/Carlyle.\n\n#4: Barclays Bank PLC, with 17.5 million shares of Halliburton. Barclays is also into United Defense and Fresh Del Monte, and has successfully hung on to 85,000 shares of Harken Energy.\n\n#3: Morgan Stanley, with over 20 million shares. Morgan Stanley, among other connections on this list, is also a shareholder in United Defense and Fresh Del Monte, as well as in #8 Deutsche Bank.\n\n#2: Wellington Management Co., LLP: Headquartered in Boston, Wellington calls itself one of America's oldest investment firms. It holds about 23 million shares, or more than half a billion dollars' worth, of Halliburton, and is linked with most of the rest of this list. \n\n#1: Capital Research and Manage-ment Company, with 25 million shares, also worth over half a billion dollars. Los Angeles-based Capital Group is also a major investor in military contractors Lockheed and Raytheon, and is linked with FMR and Wellington in other large holdings. \n\nVice presidential candidates have traditionally been chosen for the political advantage of a background, region, age, etc., different from that of the presidential candidate. The American system of orderly transmission of power indulges this political expediency partly because it helps prevent the formation of a behind-the-scenes cabal. Good idea.\n\nThis list footnotes some of the recent public discussion about Halliburton. On Meet the Press Sept. 14, Cheney
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Yes he was!!! The Bin Laden's including Osama have lot's of $$$$$$ invested in the Carlyle Group! What does that mean??? \n\nWell Saudi's and primarily the Bin Laden Family have $$$ invested in our Defense and security. So when something bad happens to our Country like 9/11...the Government spends more for the defense and security inturn ranking in dough for the Saudi's and Bush!!
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This is a totally loaded Q for me- so I'm gonna tell yoou some of what I know so that my opinion will be understood. * What I'm going to write could be a bit outdated, could be memory problems (mine) but most of it will be very accurate. I did quote the CG, the rest i have read about in books- papers... over many yrs.\n\nPerhaps I should do some fact checking re: the investors- but I’ll leave that up to you, the reader. And please check out the United Defense's agenda.  I think-not sure that the CG- still  has 50+% of the UD, ball-park they have sold- let’s say about  12 million shares. \n\nHere’s are just a few names you would know that work for the CG-\nGeorge Bush father of bu$h, and so does a huge bunch of retired generals and Cabinet secretaries, like- former Secretary of State James A. Baker III. former Defense Secretary Frank C. Carlucci, whose good friend happens to be  Donald Rumsfeld, \nOkay- when bu$h started this “war on terrorism” ,Carlyle  jumped on the chance for big bucks- they know exactly how. dirty bastards. \n\nThey made earned $200 plus million in a month- ONE month, sold shares in, the Army's fifth-largest contractor UDI. The sale got the big bucks on better congressional backing for HUGE defense spending. ONE of theses ???? -- United Defense's base weapon programs. YES WEAPON PROGRAMS. \n\nHere’s the deal- presently. When the bu$h’s admin’s planned the 2002 defense budget, the document was in Congress in June 2001, this included an 11% UP in defense spending, with complete funding for the Crusader. The Carlyle Group grabbed its first payment (dividends)  from United Defense in  mid Aug.: $280 PLUS million. Can you imagine the greed/ uplifted gross feeling they had by this news, you know, prospects for the company. ~~~~Almost exactly a month later- two airliners slammed into the World Trade Center towers, and another hit the Pentagon. ~~~~SO, bu$h demanded, tricked the world into this so called- war on terrorism, DI stocks were  hot as fire! So,  five weeks later, the CG took United Defense Industries public. \n \nCG Quote- "We have an obligation to try to achieve the best returns for our investors." \n￼They certainly did in a huge way. \n\nI’ve got allot to say about this but that’s enough. They knew- they all  freakin’ knew and  have cashed in mega, mega. They are not only war profiteers but the dates- look it up- all add up to they knew when and how this cash was going to roll in. They were prepared months before “ Sept. 11th”\nWhat do I think about them? They are greedy bastards that take advantage of horrible situations- the group has a cush, cush job- feet up on a desk and mange all that money. And NOT just the U.S.A.'s $- other countries as well. Steal, Cheat, pounce when it's "the right time" - \nMy Answer \nat this point, is: The CG- Invested in this "War" \nThey made/make huge profits from government and conflict how easy to sit back and manage government investments. I’d boycott any investor- Hell, i boycott the US government these days and man are the two partners in HUGE crime. They should be in Prison after being judged in another country, because it would never happen here. \n\nThere’s much more-about this corrupt group.
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Well, there's Halliburton, big oil, weapon manufacturers, al Qaeda and the KKK.
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They want you to think that someone else is getting an unfair advantage, when, if fact, they are.  The annual budget for defense is currently over $400 billion.  Companies like Boeing and Northrup Grumman make a large part of their income from defense contracts.  I worked for Boeing Airplane Company in the early 1980's.  I worked with high school graduates who earned over $7 an hour.  American commercial airplane manufacturers complain that Airbus has an unfair advantage because it is government subsidised.  But a large part of Boeing's revenue comes from defense contracts, which are highly lucrative.
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Yeah, didnt the biggest hypocrit of them all, Michael Moore, have money invested in Haliburton and other oil companies?  Much hypocrisy on the left.
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No because the government and the military can not effectively manage the money that we currently give them. It would be just throwing good money after bad. Ask yourself, has the government done what they said they would do right after 9/11? Do you feel that the actions that US government have taken since 9/11 have made America safer? I think not and according to several polls, 60-80% of americans don't think so either.
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The money's in the pockets of the people who are supposedly "keeping us safe". They do nothing, but the government spends a ton of money, giving it to their friends companies who are supposedly protecting us, but instead they're buying bigger yachts and houses with our money. Welcome to reality.
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Have you checked the stock price of Halliburton lately?\nIt just might validate the points you are making here..
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Payments to 9/11 Victims Exceed $38 Billion, Study Shows\n\nAn extensive study released by the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization based in Santa Monica, California, finds that victims and businesses affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks have so far received at least $38.1 billion — an economic response "of a scope and scale never before seen." \n\nDesigned to be the most comprehensive accounting of how much victims and businesses have been compensated, Compensation for Losses from the 9/11 Attacks differs from earlier studies in that it looks at the financial aftermath of 9/11 from the perspective of the recipients, not the organizations handing out the money. According to the report, families of civilians received an average $3.1 million in government and charitable awards, while families of those who died in uniform received an average compensation award in excess of $4.2 million; some $210 million was distributed to people who were traumatized by the attacks, while roughly $660 million was distributed to people who were exposed to dust and other potential health hazards near ground zero; and insurance payments to businesses for property damage totaled $7.5 billion. Some of the figures exceed earlier estimates, while others have never before been captured.\n\nThe study showed that insurance companies accounted for the single greatest share of payments, roughly $19.6 billion, while government compensation, including payments to individual families as well as loans to small businesses near ground zero, totaled nearly $16 billion. Payments by charitable groups comprised 7 percent of the total, or $2.7 billion. \n\n"The compensation paid to the victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania was unprecedented both in its scope and in the mix of programs used to make payments," said Lloyd Dixon, a RAND senior economist and lead author of the report. "The system has raised many questions about equity and fairness that have no obvious answers. Addressing these issues now will help the nation be better prepared for future terrorist attacks."\n\nTo download the complete report (213 pages, PDF), visit: http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG264/.\n\n“Rand Study Shows Compensation for 9/11 Terror Attacks Tops $38 Billion.” Rand Corporation Press Release 11/08/04. \n\n\nPrimary Subject: 9/11 Response \nLocation(s): Ground Zero, New York, New York City, Pennsylvania, Shanksville, Washington, D.C.
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Mni...PLEASE! Conspiracy my A$$!\n\nThe Bush family is an oil Empire. They are close friends with many Saudi VIP's. They ARE profiting from the Iraqi war, and when a no-bid contract is awarded, it ain't because someone is giving a great price...somebody is getting their pockets lined. Who might that be?\n\n\nThat ain't no F'ing conspiracy, buddy!
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wow,thats amazeing, wot a contrast .....i knew haliburotn were in iraq to grab iraqi oil for its own purposes and not to help with the reconstruction.
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well the national debt i believe is like 4 or 5 TRILLION... so that's what 4 or 5 thousand billion.  I know he say's 9/11 alot, but probably not more than 4 or 5 thousand.    so, i guess the debt wins...   hahaha
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This is what keeps everyone in line who was at least marginally involved.  A LOT of money has been made by those who were involved, first and foremost, and any "truth revelation" would automatically implicate all those contractors (everyone that makes weapons), corporations (airline bailout anyone?), and private owners ($9 billion on the WTC property deal?) that may have had anything to do with it.  Many others were also given promotions despite their negligence on 9/11 for simply going along with the official story, whether they "made it happen" or not.  \n\nMany others have profitted immensely from the resulting fear of terrorism and the wave of nationalism sentiment after the attacks.  Ask any pro-Bush pundit what their book deals are worth, vs the not-for-profit anti-Bush liberals (Michael Moore is an ass and a very big exception).  Ask Fox News what this has meant for their ratings and their advertising value.  A LOT of public personalities owe their very existence to the events of 9/11.  If this truth should be revealed, they would quickly become irrelevant or traitorous.\n\nWhat would it mean for politics?  Both parties would be like on a sinking ship, fingers would get pointed everywhere, and 3rd party candidates might actually suddenly have some pull for better or worse.  Both parties are enjoying their monopoly on political power and the truth would be most upsetting.\n\nWhat would the truth do for the morale of the American people?  Those that fully believed in our benevolent govnernment and have had their simple minds be the subject of propoganda control for years will suddenly wake up and become VERY angry.  These same sheep that the neo-conservatives have been counting on for support will become their most violent opposition.  Fringe groups on all sides will capitalize on this power vacuum created.  Civil war could indeed be a possibility.
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USD 500 Trillion to 1 Quadrillion in personal assets \nthis figure does not include assets owned by governments, religious groups, or illegally acquired wealth