Return to Article: State IG to look at U.S. role in Iraq oil deals

By Dan Friedman CongressDaily July 24, 2008
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    It would be helpful if US companies were given priority over foriegn held companies and US and foriegn companies with foriegn subcontractors and or employees. The US taxpayer should benefit via taxable business and idividual income tax as well as resources and products traded with the now free governments of Iraq and it's citizens. We still have troops in Europe, Cuba, the Phillipines and elsewere and it seems that we gain little trade advantage and even offer most favored trade status to our rivals. There should be a basic formula used when our government doles out funds that takes in the trickle down effects of taxes strategic security needs (key industries and skills etc.) before we subsidize ourselfs all the way out of our soverenty.

    KBR Posted July 29, 2008 12:32 PM
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    This a sovereign country and the Providences should be able to sign contracts no different than the states do. The worst thing that could happen in Iraq is for them to have all the rules and regulations that are imposed on the drillers by our congress. Kerry was for this before he was against it

    dan m ketter Posted July 25, 2008 4:12 PM

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State IG to look at U.S. role in Iraq oil deals
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