Troops pack up gear to ship out of Afghanistan

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10. Here is a report of the thousands of contractors we are paying for.

www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R40764.pdf


(As of March 2011)

Afghanistan: 90,339 contractors, 99,800 Troops
Iraq ........... 64,253 contractors 45,660 troops

Source: CENTCOM 2nd Quarter FY 2011
Contractor Census Report; Troop data from Joint Chiefs

According to DOD, as of March 31, 2011, there were approximately 174,000 DOD contractor
personnel in the CENTCOM AOR compared to approximately 214,000 uniformed personnel in
the region who are supporting operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

while these figures are for a year ago, the report is useful to point out the extremely high numbers of privatized workers who are being paid by our tax dollars, and making a profit on top of that.
If we had used only troops for these jobs, which is what used to happen in the military, the total cost would be considerably less, since profit is a not a factor.
so when the DOD and the State Dept keep claiming they need more and more of our dwindling tax dollars, keep in mind the money goes to those who profit from the wars of aggression we are paying for.