Bad policy costs taxpayers millions

Saturday, August 18, 2007

You've probably heard by now about the South Carolina parts suppliers that shipped two 19-cent washers to an Army base in Texas then billed the government $998,798 for shipping. Then they sent to Iraq three machine screws which cost $1.31 each but billed the feds $455,009 for shipping. And to round out the fraudulent billing, they shipped an 89-cent split washer to an Air Force base in Florida and billed taxpayers $293,451.

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