After reading several of the posts on the original thread I had to worry.
It seems no one tried to verify the news.
It seems no one was interested in the meat of the gist.
Very little constructive criticism.
No wonder mods are in a losing war against all the insults and veiled vulgarity!

And the journalist who simply 'garbaged' out the article without any investigations into the matter- shame on you.

Could FOCI please give us a detailed analysis of who is owing what amounts to whom?
Federal, state, local governments. Federal and state assemblies.
Contracts won and values, monies paid, dates of completion. Amounts owed, dates accrued, loan agreements based on the contracts, outstanding balances per contract.
Dates of retrenchment, number of workers affected per firm, severance payments made.
Please let's have these figures instead of your unsubstantiated claims. Then we can all provide relevant support for your claims and look into lobbying govt on your behalf.
Thanks.