Jason 16,609 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 U.S. Criticized For Giving $1 Trillion To Military Contractor To Develop Hat That Didn’t Work WWW.THEONION.COM WASHINGTON—In an unusually scathing report issued Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office, investigators found that the Pentagon had paid a military contractor approximately $1 trillion over 15 years to develop a hat that still did not work. “The hat is constructed of some real state-of-the art, space-age materials, but unfortunately, once placed on the head it falls to the ground,” said an anonymous... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.Vic20 6,765 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Good to see that some traditions don't change! Its the new 600 dollar hammer. The myth of the $600 hammer WWW.GOVEXEC.COM The myth of the $600 hammer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mclumber1 3,499 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 In the Navy, we paid $70 per little LED for indicators on a control panel. Not talking fancy RGB or super high output, but just little red LEDs that tell you if the panel is in alarm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Keyser_Soze 11,753 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Army boots are like $200 or something like that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anathema- 4,658 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 gotta fund those dark projects somehow Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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