Six. Hundred. Thousand. Dollars.
$600K to renovate the kitchen of the Ambassador to the UN?

"Yeah, it's a lot of money, but it's a lot of work and it's worth it," said one department official, who like the others, spoke on condition of anonymity.

One would think that the contractors who usually gouge the Department of Defense (and citizens' pocketbooks) would have sufficient pork from the invasion, but no. And yet another bureaucrat has no idea about reality.

Sigh.

Via Lisa English.

Posted by Jane Finch at April 07, 2003 02:28 PM

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You ought to see the price they charged to renovate the White House kitchen.

Posted by: Steve Plonk on April 7, 2003 02:30 PM