約四年前，紐約州水牛城市政府，過期了很久還沒有收到一項百萬美元的的州政府補助，一查結果，原來是承辦人員在申請的最後期限當天（美國許多經費和福利發放採取申請主義，即使你合格，如果不自己提出申請，承辦機構不會主動給你），因為找不到郵票，所以沒有辦法把申請信寄出去（這也是理由？）。

事情很荒謬，但是沒人受到處份！這叫做「不負責任政治」。

今天打開電腦，一下子就看到以下這個新聞，荒謬的事很多，但這個是我看過最貴的荒謬新聞，請享用！

（原貼新聞不知為何不見了，以下為相同事件的其它報導）

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Your government at work...
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.

The company also billed and was paid $455,009 to ship three machine screws costing $1.31 each to Marines in Habbaniyah, Iraq, and $293,451 to ship an 89-cent split washer to Patrick Air Force Base in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Pentagon records show.
No wonder the Pentagon needs almost $500,000,000,000 a year. When will someone grow a set and start cutting the Pentagon budget and transfer that money into things like, oh I don't know, fixing bridges in America????
http://achorn.blogspot.com/2007/08/pentagon-pays-998798-to-ship-two-19.html

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Pentagon Pays $998,798
You won’t believe why they paid this money. I’m still reeling.
I must not be clever enough to bilk the government. Not that I want to bilk the government, but if there is any truth in this story, I’m thinking some folks have it figured out.
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 a Texas base, U.S. officials said.
The company also billed and was paid $455,009 to ship three machine screws costing $1.31 each to Marines in Habbaniyah, Iraq, and $293,451 to ship an 89-cent split washer to Patrick Air Force Base in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Pentagon records show.
The owners of C&D Distributors in Lexington, South Carolina — twin sisters — exploited a flaw in an automated Defense Department purchasing system: bills for shipping to combat areas or U.S. bases that were labeled “priority” were usually paid automatically, said Cynthia Stroot, a Pentagon investigator.
When I was a kid, my grandfather (the one I adored) told me that the reason why screwdrivers cost $100 (or whatever because I’m making an example here) was for money to be creatively shifted. It seems in this case though, that the Pentagon wasn’t paying attention. And if they Pentagon allowed this loophole to happen, do we need some new folks up there?
Heck, I can’t even buy a Pilot Precise pen (in blue, mind you) without letting the Powers That Be know I did it, why I needed it and how long it took for the ink to run out.
I think Mabel would be more adept at running government.
Just saying.
August 17th, 2007
Categories: Washington . Author: newscoma
http://newscoma.wordpress.com/2007/08/17/pentagon-pays-998798/

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