Posted on 06/21/2010 4:43:14 PM PDT by Ghblog
So why do government hammers cost $1000.00? I recently came across a document prepared by a federal agency for a small construction job. This is not for any building of significance, in fact there is a provision that the main work is to be completed within two weeks. I took a brief look at this document (its an inch thick) and was amazed, though not surprised at what I found.
(Excerpt) Read more at framingthedialogue.com ...
Good analysis. I’d like to see a similar analysis for the health care industry and why things cost so much. True story: the hospital billed my insurance $47 for a “grabber” tool that I can get on line for $9.99-$11.99. Outrageous.
C’mon, it’s so they can finance a secret lab to experiment on the alien that crashed in the desert!
Good grief, how many times are we going to hear about gubmint regulations, procurement, the $1000 toilet seats, these hammers, the whole she-bang?? It was *corrected* in 1986. It was *stopped* with Al Gore “Reinventing Government”. 0bama will fix it this time. Yeah, sure — the song is getting old, put another record on, please.
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