http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/wa...4contract.html

The most successful contractors are not necessarily those doing the best work, but those who have mastered the special skill of selling to Uncle Sam. The top 20 service contractors have spent nearly $300 million since 2000 on lobbying and have donated $23 million to political campaigns.


Donated 23 million !

Would've been far easier to simply fund their participation in the war and let the politicians pay for their own meals