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There is no surprize of someone conning the government for free monies. What is surprizing that this guy agreed to appear at this hearing.
I know of a guy who got the ROTC program to pay for his college education but due to failing physcials was unaccepted in the military but he has veteran benefits. Go figure.
There is no surprize of someone conning the government for free monies. What is surprizing that this guy agreed to appear at this hearing.
I know of a guy who got the ROTC program to pay for his college education but due to failing physcials was unaccepted in the military but he has veteran benefits. Go figure.
Duckworth is a Libbo schill, working with the rest of the far Left to strip away our rights, but I have to give her her props on this one.
If only she went after folks who rip off welfare with the same energy.
There is so much ripping off in this country where do you begin. I mean seriously, where in the hell do you begin.
There is indeed rip offs in welfare, loopholes paid for in taxation, backpocket padding of government contracts, undertable dealing with congress members, and it just goes on. Anytime the US government and money is used in the same sentence there is someone scheming a plan to sipe some of that money.
If you drop your wallet here on the streets of Anytown, USA I bet 2 out of 3 people will return it and the 3rd just got a little bonus.
Duckworth is a Libbo schill, working with the rest of the far Left to strip away our rights, but I have to give her her props on this one.
If only she went after folks who rip off welfare with the same energy.
or "minority contractors" (there should be no such thing-the best qualified or the lowest bid should be all that matters) who hire a figurehead black or latino is another BS scam I cannot stand
spoken like a white guy who feels entitled to a white preference
if minority owned businesses were proportionately represented among those who sell to the government, then your opposition might have basis
but even with minority preference programs, minority firms - except asian and alaskan natives - remain under-represented in the federal procurement system
and the largest constituency of business owners in the minority development program are - ta da - WHITE women. the most over-represented segment of our society is also over-represented in the minority development program for federal contractors
however, i suspect there is one area in which we agree. there should be NO ethnic criteria to cause a business to be eligible for the 8(a) program. it should be based only on the business' ability to sell what the government is buying (to ensure the firms can perform the contracts received) and net worth of the owners. when based on a net worth criterion, i would expect non-asian ethnic minority business owners to qualify at higher rates than white owners since those groups would be anticipated to possess lower net worth amounts
when i served as a federal contracting officer, beginning over two decades ago, there was a STRONG resistance to contracting with minority owned companies within the federal procurement community, dominated by white guys - surprise! but for the 8(a) program, there were many instances where minority firms would have never been found "qualified" to perform. even with 8(a) certification of eligibility, it required a lot of arm twisting and enforcement of the regs to get those contracting personnel to award contracts to qualified minority owned firms. when the government migrated away from lowest bid to 'best value' awards of its contracts, the subjectivity introduced in making such awards allowed federal buyers to hide their bigotry
let me add, that over the 20+ years since my initial exposure to the procurement system, attitudes have improved and more minority persons are now found working within the federal procurement community, responsible for making the buying decision. the discrimination is reduced - but not ended. so, neither should the program designed to assist minority business owners' entry into the system be ended. but as was mentioned, it should be amended to eliminate the ethnicity eligibility criterion so that those business owners having modest net worth, no matter their ethnicity, can qualify
or "minority contractors" (there should be no such thing-the best qualified or the lowest bid should be all that matters) who hire a figurehead black or latino is another BS scam I cannot stand
There are military(I think) contracts reserved for businesses owned by service disabled vets. Braulio Castillo owns such a business. His injury: he hurt his ankle while attending a military prep school. The injury was so severe he played football after that in college. He essentially gamed the system, never having actually served in the military. Rep. Duckworth lost both legs and having to have her right arm reattached. This video is of the two of them at a house committee hearing.
There is no surprize of someone conning the government for free monies. What is surprizing that this guy agreed to appear at this hearing.
I know of a guy who got the ROTC program to pay for his college education but due to failing physcials was unaccepted in the military but he has veteran benefits. Go figure.
I'm surprised that non-serving non-veterans are even able get benefits. If a mother ****er wasn't enlisted or commissioned in the real military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard) then why do they get these benefits? ROTC? Military prep schools? wtf? They should be shooed away with a broom like the pesky raccoons that they are.
spoken like a white guy who feels entitled to a white preference
if minority owned businesses were proportionately represented among those who sell to the government, then your opposition might have basis
but even with minority preference programs, minority firms - except asian and alaskan natives - remain under-represented in the federal procurement system
and the largest constituency of business owners in the minority development program are - ta da - WHITE women. the most over-represented segment of our society is also over-represented in the minority development program for federal contractors
however, i suspect there is one area in which we agree. there should be NO ethnic criteria to cause a business to be eligible for the 8(a) program. it should be based only on the business' ability to sell what the government is buying (to ensure the firms can perform the contracts received) and net worth of the owners. when based on a net worth criterion, i would expect non-asian ethnic minority business owners to qualify at higher rates than white owners since those groups would be anticipated to possess lower net worth amounts
when i served as a federal contracting officer, beginning over two decades ago, there was a STRONG resistance to contracting with minority owned companies within the federal procurement community, dominated by white guys - surprise! but for the 8(a) program, there were many instances where minority firms would have never been found "qualified" to perform. even with 8(a) certification of eligibility, it required a lot of arm twisting and enforcement of the regs to get those contracting personnel to award contracts to qualified minority owned firms. when the government migrated away from lowest bid to 'best value' awards of its contracts, the subjectivity introduced in making such awards allowed federal buyers to hide their bigotry
let me add, that over the 20+ years since my initial exposure to the procurement system, attitudes have improved and more minority persons are now found working within the federal procurement community, responsible for making the buying decision. the discrimination is reduced - but not ended. so, neither should the program designed to assist minority business owners' entry into the system be ended. but as was mentioned, it should be amended to eliminate the ethnicity eligibility criterion so that those business owners having modest net worth, no matter their ethnicity, can qualify
As far as I can tell to get any fed vet benefits you have to have been on active duty for lengths of time that has varied over the years. When I was in it was a minimum of 120 days, and I think during WWII it was the act of moving someplace, like to your first duty station. I suspect this is another one of those outrage things.
any reason that only those well off should be able to perform federal contracts?Rather than seeking the best or even the least expensive of the best, they should now try to seek the "neediest"?
when small businesses are locked out of federal procurements, the system has become skewed; as opportunity is withheld from small businesses for the enrichment of large businessesTrying to ensure equality of outcome by artificially skewing equality of opportunity is always wrong.
two points. the first, you missed my advocacy that we eliminate any ethnicity criterion to be able to participate in affirmative action programs. there should be no requirement for any race of person on that teamIf the U.S. gov't had an NBA team then they would likely lose every game; using "proportional" representation they would have only one black male on the court.
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