August 03, 2005

Inuits build bases in Iraq

Kevin Drum touts a startling article in the current issue of the magazine he works for. It seems that native corporations in Alaska have become, through a web of federal contracting loopholes, general contractors for such projects as building bases in Iraq. How can that be? Well, he's excerpted some material from the piece at his site, but you should really click through to read the whole thing. It's basically an account of how privatization has become the Republican party's form of welfare.

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