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US Air Force wildly overpaid Boeing by almost 8,000% for C-17 aircraft bathroom soap dispensers, Pentagon watchdog finds
The US Air Force majorly overpaid for C-17 spare parts, including bathroom soap dispensers, per a Pentagon watchdog. The dispensers were 80 times more expensive than the commercially available alternative. The audit of C-17 part purchases was done in response to a DoD Hotline allegation. The US Air Force overpaid for spare parts for a C-17 military transport aircraft manufactured by Boeing, according to a new watchdog report. In one example, an audit found, the service paid more than 80 times… (www.msn.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Has anyone in the airforce ever gone to home depot and bought a soap dispenser with 8000% markup? What's wrong with these nitwits? No wonder we have children in Florida that have to brush their teeth in gas station bathrooms every morning and change their cloths in their live-in car
...profit baby, profit... :-(
...make the system so convoluted that nobody can rationally decipher it, remember, it's only illegal if you get caught...
...make the system so convoluted that nobody can rationally decipher it, remember, it's only illegal if you get caught...
So tired of governmental waste. Both sides do it!
I remember when I was in government service, you could purchase complete Skilcraft ball point pens from the GSA for about ten cents apiece.
If you tried to purchase just the refills, they would charge you a buck fifty for each refill.
If you tried to purchase just the refills, they would charge you a buck fifty for each refill.
...does this actually surprise anyone?..it's literally been going on for ever...
This is how US taxpayers keep Boeing solvent and out of Chapter 11.