Are we to believe this high level welfare was not charged back to the taxpayers?
Air Force Arranged No-Work Contract
Experts Question Official’s Deal With Nonprofit
By Robert O’Harrow Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, October 1, 2007; Page A01
While waiting to be confirmed by the White House for a top civilian post at the Air Force last year, Charles D. Riechers was out of work and wanted a paycheck. So the Air Force helped arrange a job through an intelligence contractor that required him to do no work for the company, according to documents and interviews.
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For two months, Riechers held the title of senior technical adviser and received about $13,400 a month at Commonwealth Research Institute, or CRI, a nonprofit firm in Johnstown, Pa., according to his resume. But during that time he actually worked for Sue C. Payton, assistant Air Force secretary for acquisition, on projects that had nothing to do with CRI, he said.
ON THE WATERFRONT
JOHNNY (Lee J. Cobb) FRIENDLY:
(impulsively he hands the bill to Terry— smiling)
Here, kid, here’s half a bill. Go get your load on.
TERRY (Marlon Brando) MALLOY
(still troubled)
Naw, thanks, Johnny, I don’t want it, I—
JOHNNY
(roughly)
Go on— a little present from your Uncle Johnny. (He pushes the bill into the breast pocket of Terry’s jacket, then turns to Big Mac) And Mac, tomorra mornin’ when you shape the men put Terry in the loft. Number one. Every day. (to Terry) Nice easy work. Check in and goof off on the coffee bags. O.K.?
TERRY
(frowning)
Thanks, Johnny… .
CHARLEY (Rod Steiger) MALLOY
(a kind of warning)
You got a real friend here, kid. Don’t forget it.
JOHNNY
(smiling)
Why should he forget it?
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Images: (Reichers) USAF; (On the Waterfront) Oscars.org; (Script) Budd Schulberg via dailyscript.com