The "corporate welfare" argument is not that these firms will be unable to provide good service, but whether they will be required to do so at competitive prices. If the US government selects specific US corporations to receive the billions of dollars of rebuilding contracts for Iraq >withoutonly
(continued) an opening bidding process, I would be deeply suspicious of contracts being doled out to specific supporters, etc. That said, I am perfectly in favor of contracts only being awarded to firms based in countries (i.e. US, UK, Spain, Australia) who are a) paying for this war and b) paying for the reconstruction efforts.
Chris understands. Along those same lines, why not let NGOs and non-profit groups throw in bids?