Military Contractors Quotes

Whenever people in Washington complain about spending cuts, they mean spending cuts that would affect defense contractors. They want to massively increase spending cuts everywhere else in the budget.

This Iraq war has been the most "privatized" war in America's history. It has seen the most extensive use of contractors. The contractors have increased the costs; but they have been necessary - the military simply could not have done it on their own. we would have had to increase the size of the military. But the George W. Bush Administration wanted America to believe that it could have a war, essentially for free, without raising taxes, without increasing the size of the armed forces.

The takeover of the U.S. House by Republicans could prompt a revival of the fight for additional funding for the Marietta-built F-22 stealth fighter. This isn't just for the sake of home-cooking, but also for the sake of the country.

These mercenaries, I swear by God, those who are still in Washington, they have sent their troops to be burned.

When soldiers break the law in a combat situation the commanding officer can hold them accountable, but he cannot do so if military contractors break the law.

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks.

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

It does not make sense to privatise the military. Proponents of privatisation often argue that it encourages customer responsiveness... For the most part, those who interact with military contractors do not do so voluntarily; there is no market where they can choose to be integrated by a contractor from the United States, or by some other provider. Indeed, the incentives are perverse. The incentives of the contractor are to minimise his costs, and those incentives do not take into account the nation’s broad range of public objectives … the Government becomes so dependent on their [contractors] services that it’s almost impossible to get rid of them

No military contractors should have a 'shoot first' culture that puts civilians or our brave military service members in danger.

He [President Dwight D. Eisenhower] came under enormous pressure to authorize the purchase of expensive military systems, often from retired officers who had joined corporate boards.

Privateers, military contractors - these aren't pirates. They have bosses. Real pirates are sellswords on missions of their own making.

Our military's presence in Hawaii not only plays a critical role in our national security but also in driving our state's economy and supporting thousands of jobs in the public and private sectors.

War is a business in which a lot of people watch a few people get killed and are damn glad it wasn't them.

We hear the term independent contractors in Iraq. Independent contractors? Mercenaries!

The arms of the 14th Regiment are in infamously bad order. They appear to be old muskets that have probably been bought up at reduced prices by the contractors ... and are now placed in the hands of men who are almost within gunshot of the enemy ... at least one-fifth of them are unfit for service; and ... were they to undergo a critical inspection, a much larger proportion of them would be condemned. The ammunition was very bad; some of the cartridges are said to have been made up in 1794.