YOu mean to say they hired these guys to work on the MMP and each VP hired a staff to work the MMP but now they dont work for us. They just do something else.

Me thinks you are wrong in that assumption. We are on the hook for half the salaries.

Discussion with rudeness or lies is not a discussion. Not to say you lie but you do tend to be rude, condensending. Just a friendly way of saying I dont appreciate your tone. fwiw.