[Patriot1946]

"At a hearing before the Senate Budget Committee last week, Parker said the cuts would require the Corps to cancel $190 million in already contracted projects providing 4,500 jobs." This is one of the oldest scams in the books. The contractors still get paid but the work doesn't get done. Then they will be contracted for the work again and get paid again. And of course all the studies that were done on the project will have to be done over too. This is called stuffing the pockets of government contractors and California is famous for it. Insiders get these contracts, you know, the ones who make the biggest donations to candidates and parties.

[Askel5]

The assistant secretary of the Army, former Mississippi Rep. Mike Parker, was fired Wednesday after he criticized the Bush administration's proposed spending cuts for Army Corps of Engineers' water projects

[Willie Green]

This is one of the oldest scams in the books. The contractors still get paid but the work doesn't get done. Then they will be contracted for the work again and get paid again.

I am more familiar with Corp projects that ARE worthwhile and beneficial to commerce:

A 22 million-pound dam component to sail on the Ohio and Monongahela rivers today

The river journey of a new dam provides a summer spectacle

The dam, Part 2

[linn37]

your right my Uncle contracts work in Ft.Hood,Tx. He won a bid on a job,it was canceled and he still got paid.

[Go Gordon]

This is one of the oldest scams in the books. The contractors still get paid but the work doesn't get done.

Wrong. The government has termination for convenience clauses in its contracts. The contractor is paid for the work he did. The remainder of the money goes back into the coffers.

Then they will be contracted for the work again and get paid again. And of course all the studies that were done on the project will have to be done over too. This is called stuffing the pockets of government contractors and California is famous for it. Insiders get these contracts, you know, the ones who make the biggest donations to candidates and parties.

Wrong. The Corps of Engineers' typical construction contracts are awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Sometimes they're bid at lump sum, sometimes on unit rates.

Nice try....