bloomberg.com — The company also billed and was paid $455,009 to ship three machine screws costing $1.31 each to Marines in Habbaniyah, Iraq, and $293,451 to ship an 89-cent split washer to Patrick Air Force Base in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Pentagon records show.
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thecountAug 17, 2007
What's funny is that I often wonder what we spent these 100's of billions on in a war, I guess now I know. I wonder how many people get away with similar schemes and are never caught. Lord knows how many people grow fat, profiting off war.
jdmcrushAug 17, 2007
I'LL DO IT FOR $450,000!!!
masterthief117Aug 17, 2007
You are a parasite on society by wasting oxygen. Now go and die.
koldkompressAug 17, 2007
One of the most informative comments I've read on Digg.
Closed AccountAug 17, 2007
I don't know what's worse, a couple hundred large for some washers or idiots on Digg that think property taxes go to the federal government.
bdog2g2Aug 17, 2007
"As soon as WWII started in Europe President Roosevelt wanted to help Britain and France win the war, but most Americans and Congress were against getting the US in a war in Europe. Roosevelt did what he could to convince Americans of the danger of letting Nazi Germany win, such as giving numerous speeches against Hitler. Eventually Congress agreed to sell arms to Britain only if Britain paid in cash and picked up the goods in British ships. But the unprotected ships were being sunk by German submarines. So Roosevelt got Congress to agree to give Britain 50 old destroyers in exchange for leases of naval bases in the Atlantic. Then Britain ran out of cash, so Roosevelt came up with the Lend-Lease Act - Britain would borrow arms and materials and return them at the end of the war, and America would provide escort up to the middle of the Atlantic. When American warships ran into German submarines, Roosevelt ordered to shoot on sight. Despite the various provocations Hitler ordered German submarines not to engage US warships since he did not want to give Roosevelt an excuse to declare war on Germany. Nonetheless accidents did happen and a couple US warships were attacked and sunk. For all practical purposes the US and German navies were in a shooting war in the Atlantic, but that wasn't enough to get an official war going between Germany and the US. Then on December 6, 1941 Japan attacked the US and America declared war on Japan. Japan was an ally of Germany, but Germany was under no obligation to go to war with Japan. Yet Hitler declared war on the US on December 10. People are still not sure why Hitler did what he did."<a class="user" href="http://en.allexperts.com/q/European-History-670/involvement-WWII.htm">http://en.allexperts.com/q/European-History-670/involvement-WWII.htm</a>Basically until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, we hadn't been @ war.
raptor007Aug 17, 2007
Hey, who knows. Maybe they're Monster brand washers and the MSRP really is $500k each.
rcook18Aug 18, 2007
You are naive. This administration is run by thieves for the benefit of thieves. This administration's business practice is to funnel money to their associates.