Bill O’Reilly Calls Home Builders 'Corrupt'

30 September 2005 - 11:00am

Bill O'Reilly, Host of the popular O'Reilly Factor television show, calls the housing industry 'corrupt' in an interview with Donald Trump. The National Association of Home Builders prepares to strike back.

Bill O'Reilly:
"...Corruption in the home building, as you know, industry is huge. You can steal because nobody knows -- you know, they put in a -- you say you're doing one thing and you put in inferior material and all of that. Do you have any advice for the Bush administration on how to cut down on the corruption?"

NAHB responds:
"In speaking of rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina, you insinuated that home builders who will rebuild the devastated communities across the Gulf Coast are unscrupulous profiteers who are looking to make a quick buck and even defraud the government and consumers. You went so far as to state that 'corruption in the home building industry, as you know, is huge,' and suggest that FBI agents should be sent to building sites because home builders will say they’re 'doing one thing and put in inferior materials and all that.'

Source: FOX News, September 29, 2005

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Bill O'Reilly Calls Home Builders "Corrupt"

I believe the president of the NAHB is getting his information second hand. If you read the transcript, and you take it OUT of context you may get that, but it is a stretch! Especially the fact (president of NAHB) he believes Bill O'Reilly was putting home builders in the same category as Haliburton. Political colors usually show through once Haliburton is mentioned.

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Adam Marquart
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