according to Krugman's recent NYT column, the Bushists forgot to ask for any money to rebuild Afghanistan in their current budget...
Jim
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From: Doug Henwood
Only $1.5b? They're not planning much rebuilding then.
Doug
k hanly wrote:
>After the war contracts go to the good guys. Oh. Sorry. I mean IF
>there is a war....
>
>Cheers, Ken Hanly
>
>
>Time magazine reported yesterday that US construction companies were
>being briefed by the Bush Administration on $US900 million ($1.5
>billion) worth of contracts to rebuild the country.
>
>The contracts would go "exclusively to US companies and to
>subcontractors from nations officially designated as friendly", the
>report said.
