Where some of your tax dollars are going

[mubs]

This is old hat, but still shocks me everytime I read something like this. (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=8&u=/nm/20040429/od_nm/crime_cards_dc)

[sechs]

In another instance $200 of LEGO toy robots were bought to "teach Navy engineers about robotics"

I have a friend in the Air Force who uses Legos to prototype robots. He has a master's degree in robotics and another in civil engineering, and just started his PhD.

These are serious tools when in the correct hands. Versacci bags, on the other hand....

[mubs]

What blew me away was the last line,


For example, 60 Navy staff each had credit limits of $9.9 million.

[Howell]

One set of LEGO Mindstorm bricks cost $200.