Is it any wonder that, given the way our federal government mishandles our hard-earned money that they tax us?

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up the waazoo for, how many of us want to pay our taxes? I'll give you a good example of our "leaders" spending...the pentagon is buying $20.00 plastic ice-cubes trays from a "Pentagon vendor"...in the spring of 2004, the Pentagon paid $1,000 each for hot plates, even though it had previously bought the same ones for $450.00...The Pentagon payed out $22,797.00 apiece for 34" refrigerators, more than $7,000 a foot.

The "Defense Logistics Agency" has initiated what it calls the prime vendor program, the Pentagon has been "encouraged" to buy from a cherry-picked group of manufacturers, this idea is to speed up delivery of goods to our miitary bases.

If you want to read more on this, find the February issue of Reader's Digest, page 148, article written by Sacha Zimmerman...personally, i find this very intriguing. Any thoughts out there?

Hey Pete: I'm not trying to imply anything, in fact I quite understand quality control, etc., I believe Ford's calls it Q1...please check out the article I got the information from and you'll see that I didn't include a bit more.

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Laurie; You got it right!!! Having worked for several years for a "high tech" company that dealt exclusively with the govt., I can tell you that some of the high prices paid for things are justified, but not many. One justification is the additional cost of having govt. inspectors check nearly every step of a manufacturing process to insure that the product works the way it's supposed to. But in general, we are getting ripped off big time, and not just by the D.O.D., as you seem to imply. Unfortunately, our govt. has morphed into a huge self-serving bureaucracy at all levels, run more by unions than our elected leaders. But since they benefit too (check out their pension arrangements sometime!), don't hold your breath for this to change anytime soon. Regards!

Answer 2

That became their plan all alongside while the banks have been accumulating up debt in the process the Housing Bubble... The godfather (the fed) decreased expenses of pastime so their pals ought to flourish in wealth. That became in user-friendly terms the beginning up. The conservatives detrimental the bailout (which stored the final economic gadget), yet supported the financial company bonuses. so as that they detrimental the economic gadget as an entire and supported the wealthy. How unhappy. The question I while their ineffective parasites will end repeating the rhetoric and speaking factors.