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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Really? Please elaborate. Pure dollar figures tend to persuade me, personally.
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Well I'll just pick a few random examples of some questions that I asked myself, or concerns I had when I saw these (In no particular order).
"Computer training-$200 for 6 month course at community college.-$333 per 30 half-days in Iraq."
I don't know how it works out in Chicago, but here in NY Community Colleges are heavily subsidized by the taxpayers, Iraq doesn't have that luxury. In addition, there is most likely a need for things like computers before they can start teaching a computer training class.
"Business school--$4,000 Harvard--$10,000 (per mo. per student)"
It takes years to get a Business degree from Harvard is Halliburton really going to spend years training these guys (I personally really doubt it)? I also wouldn't be that suprised if Halliburton wasn't paying out some amount of money so that the students could have things like food, and shelter.
"Pickup truck && Satellite Telephone"
These both brought up similar questions for me, but I'll address them in the same point. Does Halliburton just go to their local Radio Shack/Ford Dealer, pick up a truck, and go "well, here you are, have fun"? Who's responsible for training people how to use a satellite phone, and making sure that there is bandwidth for it to use? Who is responsible for making sure that the $16,000 truck gets to where it's supposed to be, and then is responsible for making sure that things like spare parts are available? It's not like you can just drive your truck to the nearest dealer when it something decides to break.
Most of these look like prime candidates for the "there is more going on here then a 3 word description will provide for" syndrome.
[ 02-12-2004, 11:03 PM: Message edited by: Seraph ]