Prez: “He’s very down-to-earth, someone who really cared and wants to make a difference"

[Fire Walk With Me]

39. I was fully aware the rates were going to double. And like the other scams I mentioned,

it was a scam to scare people into being grateful for only being punched in the face once instead of ten times. Oh yes, I'm soooo grateful.

IT IS A SCAM. And the rich got richer, again.

You did not read the articles to which I've linked :/

You do know that the post-9/11 surveillance state has a $1 trillion a year budget? And that the Bush family just got $2 billion from their share of Booz Allen, the same security contractor from which Snowden found the NSA programs being used to invade all of our privacies? The surveillance state is yet another cash-cow SCAM. Halliburton did it in Iraq:

Halliburton bills taxpayers $45 per case of soda, $100 per bag of laundry
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/whistleblower_hearings_denied.html

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2004 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- Five former Halliburton employees and one former executive of a Halliburton subcontractor describe egregious examples of abuse involving Halliburton�s Iraq contracts. In a letter written by Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA), these whistleblowers describe instances where Halliburton employees would abandon or torch new trucks -- worth $80,000 -- if they acquired a flat tire or other minor mechanical problems. Halliburton would subsequently purchase new trucks with U.S. taxpayer dollars.

The former employees also described repeated instances of theft involving both Halliburton and Army personnel. One employee complained to Halliburton's KBR chief, Randy Harl, about the contracting abuse, but two weeks later he was fired.

Another former employee said Halliburton purchased soda for $45 per case and laundry bags for $100 each.

Employees billed the government for work even when they sat around and did nothing all day. These employees spent weeks in Iraq with virtually nothing to do, but were instructed by Halliburton to bill the government for 12 hours per day for seven days of work.

Did you know that the representatives who voted to continue the NSA "as-is" receive big money from the surveillance state?

Lawmakers Who Upheld NSA Phone Spying Received Double the Defense Industry Cash
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/07/money-nsa-vote/

SAME DAMN THING WITH THE FOR-PROFIT STUDENT LOAN BUSINESS.

Follow the money. Someone is making incredible amounts of it while destroying the lives of our young.