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By the time the think-tank lifers arrived in Baghdad, the crucial roles in the reconstruction had already been outsourced to Halliburton and KPMG. THeir job as the public servants was simply to administer the petty cash, which in Iraq took the form of handling shrink-wrapped bricks of hundred-dollar bills to contractors. It was a graphic glimpse into the acceptable role of government in a corporatist state - to act as a conveyor belt for getting public money into private hands, a job for... Naomi Klein
When it comes to paying contractors, the sky is the limit; when it comes to financing the basic functions of the state, the coffers are empty. Naomi Klein
Any contractor who would construct a flat-roofed, two-storey building in Northern New Hampshire was enough of a moron to not know how many assholes a human being had. John Irving
Gary Miller quote: "I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in..."
I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years. Gary Miller
Bob Metcalfe quote: "If you cannot be on the project each day to check on things,..."
If you cannot be on the project each day to check on things, then you should not try and be your own contractor. Bob Metcalfe
I still have a dream of one day - I would love to hire a semi-retired contractor and just build a house - him and I building a house for me. I would truly love to do that. Christopher Meloni
I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly. Genevieve Gorder
My dad had an eighth grade education, and everything that he did in his life was just stuff that he went out and did - figured out what he needed to know and read. Very successful, a union contractor. Mitch Pileggi
Wayne White quote: "The whole purpose of those attacks was to drive those..."
The whole purpose of those attacks was to drive those contractors out. Lots of them had to leave. They were terrified. Wayne White
Douglas Trumbull quote: "IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer..."
IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film. Douglas Trumbull
Had I been more responsible I might have made something of myself as a junk bond trader, long-haul trucker or perhaps a plumbing contractor. Brock Yates
The spy boom has been a beautiful windfall for architects, construction companies, IT specialists, and above all defense contractors, enriching thousands of private companies and dozens of local economies hugging the Capital Beltway. Rachel Maddow
At the White House, everybody works for the same person. They're all part of the same company. But on Capitol Hill, they're all independent contractors. They all work for themselves. That's a formula for getting news. Bob Schieffer
At that time, about July 5, we had no Iraqi corrections officers working for us. It was a responsibility of the CPA, with contractors, to set up a training program. Janis Karpinski
For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison. Kathryn Bigelow

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