The Pentagon’s $52,000 trash can
The Pentagon’s $52,000 trash can
With military spending at record highs, many contractors have hiked the cost of numerous simple items. (Video)
Leading military contractors jacked up the price of several everyday products after receiving non-competitive contracts, costing taxpayers more than $1.3 million in apparently unnecessary markups, according to Pentagon contracting data acquired by Responsible Statecraft.
There's a really good way for the DOD to avoid getting price gouged like this and it's [ ... To view the rest of this comment from your government-associated IP address, please remit payment of $45,000 to help cover the data storage cost of the message ... ]
How am I surprisingly not surprised that I'm surprised I'm not surprised by this?
That’s just Area 51 funding.