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I was with you until the boo-hoo white men are so oppressed bit at the end. Exactly the opposite analysis of the first part, which is to say going beyond the s
by ralphee 17y ago
I was with you until the boo-hoo white men are so oppressed bit at the end. Exactly the opposite analysis of the first part, which is to say going beyond the soundbite and into the larger context.
- joshon 17y agoI totally agree. It all got a little Rush Limbaugh at the end. For some perspective, the top 5 Government contractors are: 1 Lockheed Martin Corp. $14,983,515,367 2 Boeing Co. $10,838,231,984 3 Northrop Grumman Corp. $9,947,316,207 4 General Dynamics Corp. $6,066,178,545 5 Raytheon Co. $5,942,575,316 Here are the CEOs of those companies... http://littlesis.org/person/1931/Robert_J_Stevens http://littlesis.org/person/1931/Robert_J_Stevens http://littlesis.org/person/1418/W_James_McNerney_Jr http://littlesis.org/person/1418/W_James_McNerney_Jr http://littlesis.org/person/1052/Dr_Ronald_D_Sugar http://littlesis.org/person/1052/Dr_Ronald_D_Sugar http://littlesis.org/person/2363/Nicholas_D_Chabraja http://littlesis.org/person/2363/Nicholas_D_Chabraja http://www.raytheon.com/ourcompany/rtnwcm/groups/public/documents/image/rtn_leaders_swanson_lg.jpg http://www.raytheon.com/ourcompany/rtnwcm/groups/public/docu... All white men, if anything they should up the affirmative action programs in my opinion. Oh, and stop spending so much of our money on military and start putting it into public healthcare and education.
- rdl 17y agoThere's also preference for small businesses, service related disability, veteran, etc. on certain contracts. I'd like to see female and minority preference phased out over time (which it is) due to their success in the overall marketplace, but at present I can see some benefit to keeping preference.