# Bush's Buddies Clean Up After Katrina **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 8, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-buddies-clean-up-after-katrina/320684 "2005-09-08T18:37:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-buddies-clean-up-after-katrina/320684/61 "2005-09-12T20:24:48Z")
> [@Mr. Moto](#): > > My guess is because you think far too simplisticly. > > Halliburton stock right now is at a high it hasn’t been at since 1997. Now, who was president then and whose administration was giving fat government contracts to Halliburton at that time? The Republicans controlled Congress (and thus the flow of money) at the time. Remember? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-buddies-clean-up-after-katrina/320684/62 "2005-09-13T00:22:50Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > The Republicans controlled Congress (and thus the flow of money) at the time. Remember? Sure. I remember. I also know well, since I do this sort of thing for a living, that the management of contracts is done by the executive branch. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-buddies-clean-up-after-katrina/320684/63 "2005-09-13T05:04:40Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > Not only has the lion’s share of the clean-up and rebuilding contracts gone to Bush’s cronies, he has now issued an [executive order waiving federal wage requirements](http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/08/news/economy/katrina_wages.reut/):I wonder how many of those receiving Davis-Bacon wages now regret voting for Bush? Is this not why the trade unions have traditionally voted for Democratic candidates, e.g. those who would support prevailing wage and other aspects of Davis-Bacon? They wouldn’t have voted for Dubya anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-buddies-clean-up-after-katrina/320684/64 "2005-09-13T10:35:31Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Is this not why the trade unions have traditionally voted for Democratic candidates, e.g. those who would support prevailing wage and other aspects of Davis-Bacon? They wouldn’t have voted for Dubya anyway. I have known a lot of Davis-Bacon employees, and they were all Bush Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-buddies-clean-up-after-katrina/320684/65 "2005-09-14T00:17:22Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > I have known a lot of Davis-Bacon employees, and they were all Bush Republicans. Interesting. Everybody I know in the Philly locals are Dems. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-buddies-clean-up-after-katrina/320684/66 "2005-09-14T00:44:08Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Interesting. Everybody I know in the Philly locals are Dems. My experience was in Alaska, so that might account for it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bushs-buddies-clean-up-after-katrina/320684.md?page=3)