Bob Calco wrote: > Q. What is "pork spending"? > Description of Work/Service performed > 2 POUND FROZEN HAM SLICED
> Description of Work/Service performed > HAM, WATER ADDED, COOKED, FROZEN, SLICED, 2-LB > - - - > > Apparently Clougherty Packing is rapidly becoming the Halliburton of Spam. Hi Bob, There is probably some information missing here. I would expect the government to pay a lot for everything they get (except doctors' services, of course) but the 7 figure numbers here suggest to me that the quantity is more than one 2 pound package of two kinds of frozen hams. Military bases and ships use frozen ham as a staple. The price here is most likely a description of a single item of a large order, say a rail carload or even several rail carloads, which all have to be kept frozen from production to consumption. We don't want our boys and girls in uniform to be eating salt pork and hardtack, do we? Some time ago there was a scandal because the government paid $4 for an "ordinary carpenter's hammer". Upon subsequent investigation it was discovered that the hammer wasn't quite ordinary, but rather a specialized design for some space or military purpose AND the cost included the salaries and benefits of everyone on the government payroll involved in the design, bidding and procurement process for all the time they had spent on that project, divided by a huge number of hammers. -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
