Typical Republican bullshit: Contractors have wasted $10 billion in taxpayer money, on work badly done, or not done at all. Permitted by Bush, to protect his buddies, and therefore, his family's investments.
"Senate Democrats, calling recently cited cases of waste "outrageous rip-offs of the American taxpayer," quickly moved to introduce legislation Thursday to stiffen punishment for war profiteers and cut down on cronyism in contracting.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and 22 other senators, would impose penalties of up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $1 million for war profiteering and restore a rule that prohibits awarding federal contracts to companies exhibiting a pattern of breaking the law in performance of government contracts.
That rule, put in place by President Clinton, was dropped by the Bush administration upon taking office, Dorgan said."