It's Probably Just A Coincidence...

...but the War Resisters League's always-interesting chart detailing the apportionment of Federal tax dollars includes a listing of the Top-10 Pentagon contractors for 2004, as follows:

01. Lockheed Martin Corp. 02. Boeing Company 03. Northrop Grumman Corp. 04. General Dynamics Corp. 05. Raytheon Company 06. Halliburton Company 07. United Technologies Corp. 08. Science Applications Int. Corp. 09. Computer Sciences Corp. Humana Inc 10. Humana, Inc.

Interesting in itself. But the WRL chart also has a column listing 2001 contracts, if one were to calculate the difference in 2001 vs. 2004 contracts, these companies would be ranked as follows:

Total Net Gain 01. Halliburton Company ($7.6 Billion) 02. Northrop Grumman Corporation ($6.7 Billion) 03. Lockheed Martin Corporation ($6 Billion) 04. General Dynamics Corporation ($4.7 Billion) 05. The Boeing Company ($3.8 Billion) 06. Raytheon Company ($2.9 Billion) 07. Humana, Inc. ($2 Billion) 08. Computer Sciences Corporation ($1.6 Billion) 09. United Technologies Corporation ($1.3 Billion) 10. Science Applications International Corporation ($.8 Billion)

Percentage Gain 01. Halliburton Company (1900%) 02. Humana, Inc. (500%) 03. Computer Sciences Corporation (200%) 04. Northrop Grumman Corporation (129%) 05. General Dynamics Corporation (96%) 06. Raytheon Company (52%) 07. Science Applications International Corporation (47%) 08. Lockheed Martin Corporation (41%) 09. United Technologies Corporation (34%) 10. The Boeing Company (29%)

Again, it's probably just coincidental. No need to investigate further.

Posted by Eddie Tews at March 21, 2005 04:28 PM