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| Subject: Re: It's another fine example of the failure of "free enterprise" to provide social services, and this is for america's soldiers! | |
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Date Posted: 10:16:24 03/12/07 Mon In reply to: jw 's message, "It's another fine example of the failure of "free enterprise" to provide social services, and this is for america's soldiers!" on 09:54:41 03/12/07 Mon First off, IAP IS NOT a "spinoff" of Haliburton. You guys don't have a clue what you are talking about. And , medical care at W. Reed IS BIG government health care that you all wish for. The doctors work for the government. The nurses work for the government. Yep, the janitors work for private contractors!!! Just like Medicare, some of the workers at your local hospital are private contractors. The VA hospitals are the most purist form of Big government healthcare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > Remember, bush gave these business crooks a tax >break for their profiting off the suffering of >america's soldiers. > >Saturday, March 03, 2007 >Former Halliburton Execs held contract for Walter Reed >MC services > >Almost lost in the discussions of the squalid and >red-tape bound situations at the Walter Reed Army >Medical Center is this item from the Washington Post >"...The committee also released an internal Army >memorandum reportedly written in September in which >the Walter Reed garrison commander, Col. Peter >Garibaldi, warned Weightman that "patient care >services are at risk of mission failure" because of >staff shortages brought on by the privatization of the >hospital's support workforce." [WaPo] (emphasis added) > >And, when one starts turning over rocks what should >come into view but an A-76 military contract with IAP >Worldwide Service, [IAP] which took a $120 million >contract to run portions of the WRAMC services for >facilities management. Immediately after the awarding >of the contract the facilities management staff was >reduced to 50 privately employed workers. The CEO of >IAP Worldwide is Al Neffgen, who previously served as >COO of Government and Infrastructure for the Americas >Region of Kellogg Brown and Root. The President of IAP >Worldwide is Dave Swindle, formerly the vice president >of Business Acquisition and National Security Programs >at the Halliburton subsidiary KBR. Charles F. Dominy, >IAP vice president in charge of government affairs, >formerly served as as the manager of Halliburton's >Government Affairs Office in Washington, D.C. [IAP] > >Last March employees at the Walter Reed Army Medical >Center lost their final administrative appeal of a >decision to outsource base operationss work as the >result of a public-private job competition. The Army >Dispute Resolution Administrative Appeals Board denied >their challenge of the Army's decision to outsource >the work that had been done by 350 Walter Reed >employees. [GovExec] > >Here we go again. The Department of Defense signs a >contract with a spin off firm from Halliburton to >privatize services for Walter Reed Army Medical >Center. The company lays off employees, and provides >inferior service. Now, where have we heard this before? > >Update: for a complete discussion of the privatization >problems see Smintheus's article at DailyKos > >Posted by Desert Beacon at 9:02 PM > >Labels: Halliburton, Veterans > > >>Nothing illegal here. Whats bugging you is fatcat >>government union workers were replaced by private >>industry employees. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |