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How Much Are You Making on the War, Daddy?: A Quick and Dirty Guide to War Profiteering in the Bush Administration Paperback – December 26, 2003

by William D. Hartung (Author)
3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
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Columnist Paul Krugman has described Bush's melding of political hardball and economic favoritism as "crony capitalism," while Senator John McCain calls it war profiteering. George W. Bush's approach to military spending is a higher-priced version of what went on under the Suharto regime in Indonesia, when corporations connected to the military and the president's inner circle had the inside track on lucrative government contracts. The military budget has increased from 300 billion to more than 400 billion annually since George W. Bush took office. The Iraq invasion and occupation will cost at least another 200 billion over the next three to five years. U.S. policy is now based on what's good for Chevron, Halliburton, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Bechtel, not what's good for the average citizen. Dick Cheney's ties to conglomerate Halliburton are the tip of the iceberg since at least thirty-two top officials in the Bush administration served as executives or paid consultants to top weapons contractors before joining the administration. In George W. Bush's Washington, it has reached the point where you can't tell the generals from the arms lobbyists without a scorecard. This book provides that scorecard, in a style designed to provoke action for change.
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    December 26, 2003
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  5. ISBN-10
    1560255617
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1560255611
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"The purse is now open, and any member of Congress who is seen as trying to stop us from spending the money we need to defend the country will be looking for a new job after next November."

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Bill Hartung is the director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation. He has worked for the Council on Economic Priorities and the World Policy Institute doing research and writing on the arms industry and the politics of defense spending. Hartung is the author of two books on the intersection between the arms industry and the shaping of U.S. foreign policy, And Weapons for All and How Much Are You Making on the War, Daddy? -- A Quick and Dirty Guide to War Profiteering in the Bush Administration.

Hartung has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and the Nation, and has been interviewed by ABC News, CBS 60 Minutes, CNN, Fox News, the Lehrer Newshour, NBC Nightly News, and National Public Radio. His writing on Lockheed Martin has appeared in the Washington Post Outlook section, the Nation, the Multinational Monitor, and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. He lives in New York City.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bold Type Books (December 26, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1560255617
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1560255611
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.48 x 7.6 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

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Uro Komos
5.0 out of 5 stars War What is it Good For? Absolutely Something
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2004
Something alright! What it is worth is millions of dollars in profits for the Bush clan's friends and family members. This book is what the left and right should be talking about more, the real reasons for war, not the cover story of "weapons of mass destruction." Amazing to hear commentators, both left and right of the political spectrum, who will tell you everything wrong with Bush's claim about why we invaded Iraq, but will NEVER even mention the statistics covered so well in this great book on war profiteering. The media NEVER covers the reasons for war other than "national security" issues. If American's knew how much these companies and who they are that profit from such conflicts, this would be a much different country. Highly recommended book. Read it to your neighbor who thinks that this war was about 9/11 or protecting America.
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R. D. Waters
4.0 out of 5 stars When corruption and election meet
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2004
One of the oddest trends of the current "us-versus-them" division between George W. Bush supporters and his detractors is the complete inability to find some common ground on issues that should enrage both sides. Hartung's focus is on the Bush administration because as of the writing of this review that is the group in power. However, make no mistake Bush supporters, Hartung has no problem bringing down Democrats who indulge in unseemly relationships with corporations in the military business.
The problem, as Hartung points out, is that both parties get into bed with corporations by accepting huge donations for political races and return the favor via legislation changes, special considerations, and other questionable, if not downright unethical, methods. The intertwining of boardrooms, Washington appointments, lucrative contracts, and political campaign money forces taxpayers to cough up billions each year (and well into the future). Yet many of these global conglomerates pay a fraction of their fair share of taxes by establishing offshore tax shelters.
The coziness of Wall Street and the Pentagon leads to enormous opportunities for abuse such as no-bid contracts, a topic so recently in the news in the current war on Iraq. And guess who pays? Look in the mirror my friends.
While I'm not sure I'd recommend this book as the final word on the topic, I'd say it was a good starting place, particularly if you are interested in the current administrations octopus-like ties to global corporations. If you can put aside the labels "Democrat" and "Republican" for a while, you might get worked up a little about how your tax dollars are being abused on a daily basis and start lobbying your Congressional representatives about PACs and other questionable funding strategies.
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Seth J. Frantzman
1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty useless
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2004
I thought this book was actually a guide to how to get a hold of the contracts to Iraq. I was interested in starting a company to sell simple items to the average Iraqi, items they had been forced to live without but this book was no help. THis is NOT a business book but it is just a political narrative attacking corporations like Halliburton and Bechtel. A total sham of a read, nothing is reported here that cant be found in the latest issue of the Journal.
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James Mann
4.0 out of 5 stars Warmongers and their dirty money
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2004
The only person who could read this book and not come away disgusted at the people it depicts is either: a missile contractor or b: an idiot.
The people who profit from the misery of others (and in most cases, cause it to begin with) are hideous jackals that no decent society should tolerate. If you feel this book is "Bush Bashing" then you need to inhale deep of the air of reality- Bush and his henchmen are "bashed" because they are immoral, soulless ghouls who KILL PEOPLE FOR PROFIT.
Clear enough? Read the book.
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オーナーオブ・ロンリーハーツクラブバンド
3.0 out of 5 stars 話半分としても、十分コワイ
Reviewed in Japan on January 6, 2013
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あらすじは他の方々にお任せするとして、米国では新聞は調査報道を売り物にしており、またB. ウッドワードの所謂ブッシュ物等ノンフィクションも人気があります。が、気をつけなくてはいけないのは、ノンフィクション本に書いていることが全て「実話」なのかというと必ずしもそうではないということです。即ち最悪の場合には偏った立場からその主張にあった「事実」だけを拾い上げて話として繋いでいくことも可能だからです。本書がそうだとは思いませんが、仮に「話半分」としても十分リアルで説得力があります。ブッシュ軍団は自分達が真に米国のために働いたのか、それとも繋がりの深い防衛産業と丸儲けを狙ったのかと問われれば「両方ともイエス、と答えるだろう」というくだりは実にアメリカ的でした。

蛇足ですが、こうした防衛産業との唖然とするばかりの癒着も、「製薬や不動産業界のロビー活動に比べれば可愛いもの」というワンフレーズが妙に頭から離れません。そちらの方も誰か書いてくれるといいのですが。
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3.0 out of 5 stars 「軍・産・官複合体」等と癒着するブッシュ政権の現状
Reviewed in Japan on February 28, 2005
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本日（２００４／２／２８）発売の「ブッシュほっかほか本」。著者は世界政策研究所（ＷＰＩ）主宰で軍事経済学専門家ウイリアム・ハートゥング氏。ＷＰＩの調査で、政権内には石油・エネルギー産業関係者２１人に対し、軍需産業との関係者が３２人もいるという。米『ネーション』誌への寄稿で「軍需産業はブッシュ政権にロビー活動をする必要がない。なぜなら、かなりの程度まで彼らは政権そのものだからだ。」と、喝破したという。小泉首相が淡い期待を示す「大量破壊兵器の発見」が無く、侵攻の大義が揺らぐイラク戦争。「公共事業」として常に戦争をビジネス・チャンスに変えてきたアメリカの構造を、「軍・産・官複合体」等と癒着するブッシュ政権の現状を通して暴き出す渾身の一書。
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