USDA admits they’re “stupid,” paying almost twice as much for ham as you can get at your local grocer
Posted by AWB in UncategorizedIn response to Drudge “outing” the USDA for spending stimulus dollars, they issued a press release. In it, they stated the following:
Response to Drudge Item on Recovery Act Funding
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack[...]
The references to “2 pound frozen ham sliced” are to the sizes of the packaging. Press reports suggesting that the Recovery Act spent $1.191 million to buy “2 pounds of ham” are wrong. In fact, the contract in question purchased 760,000 pounds of ham for $1.191m, at a cost of approximately $1.50 per pound.
Drudge fired back with this headline:
Agriculture Sec. Vilsack: ‘Purchased 760,000 Lbs of ham at cost of approximately $1.50 per pound’…
FOOD LION: $.79 Lb…
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What an epiphany!
Cripes, this smacks back to the days of purchasing those $600 HAMMERS and $2000 STEP LADDERS (by the illustrious FEDERAL government)!
You’d “think” they’d LEARN by now…?
Pork IS…as pork DOES…no matter HOW it’s “cured”.