Well, I guess $.43 to send a letter isn't all that bad after all

[markw]

"Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- A small South Carolina parts supplier collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon for fraudulent shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two 19-cent washers to an Army base in Texas, U.S. officials said."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aY5OQ5xv9HR8

And some people wonder why I'm not too quick to turn over any more to the government's oversight?

 

[lsiberian]

"Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- A small South Carolina parts supplier collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon for fraudulent shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two 19-cent washers to an Army base in Texas, U.S. officials said."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aY5OQ5xv9HR8

And some people wonder why I'm not too quick to turn over any more to the government's oversight?

Come on man we all know the washer's are an expenditure for something else. Any person that uses this stuff for a story is bored.