Pentagon pays $720M in late fees for storage containers

i smell something......could be a nice cover up for something

Yeah, hookers and strippers at the Ritz

The endless pit of spending... but I agree there could be some nefarious purpose.

YEAH TIME TO CHANGE YOUR SHORTS.

A brand new 20' container costs around $4400 Aus incl GST.

The American people need to sic that chic Tabbitha from Salon Takeover on the Pentagon to show them how to streamline their asses. This is ridiculous.

The Pentagon would rather pay $500/month in rent plus the late fees.

Using borrowed money, of course.

The answer is, BRING OUR GUYS HOME

well they've got to make sure all their jew pals get a piece of the american pie.

Who owns the containers & who do they know in government?

Mærsk Møller - old shipping dynasty and of course jews.

our pRinter is getting warmer.

You are forgetting the army of bureaucrats that fill out all the logistical paperwork for the procurement of said boxes.

In fact I would argue it's not the cost of the box that's important, it's the 6 paper pushers necessary to get the box, deliver it, keep it, use it, and then return it late and another to process the late fees.

They aren't paying for it..We the tax payers are, why would they care if they have late fees?

Sounds like a good trail starter for a lot of lost / improperly tracked containers, several of which may have just been parked with megaton warheads ready to blow...

Or any number of other possibilities, including nothing more than government wasting money by not renewing a lease.

Don't forget the blow.

Nail on the head.

That's pennies.

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Talk about fraud waste and abuse. You can buy brand new ones for around $5K and used ones from $2-3.5K easily online alone. I imagine if bought in bulk you get them super cheap. Unless of course your a government contractor.

From what I've learned about these, it IS cheaper to pay the fees for them or buy them, than it is to send them back to the country of origin...

So they pay a LOT, but it's cheaper that way. I know some may not see this nor understand it, but it's a fact.
It would cost about 6500.00 to send back an empty 5000.00 container. So that's why they do it. It IS cheaper to send them back if they are full, because the cost is spread out with the contents. But sending them empty is VERY expensive.

This kind of stupid pisses me off. I have to send the U.S. Treasury money next month, so that they can flush it down the toilet. I could use some new boots, etc. but no, I have to pay taxes.SHIT!

Exactly...why rent these things?
Unless ya got an uncle that owns the lot.

It makes me sick "white house" isn't ran like
a house budget at all! No one would rent something
like that!

(that's how they know in Slovakia)

One of thousand ways to pull money out of your pockets, yet, they are raising taxes and cutting on health and education

Pentagon Jews and their nepotism!

yep... that's a lot of late fee charges.. And why would the owners of the containers not auction the contents off? what they would do normally.. be interesting to find out who owns the storage containers..sounds like a money laundering scam.

Last Edited by ceawaves on 08/29/2011 04:10 PM

LOL. Gee I wonder who owns the container company and who's responsible for making the containers arrive late. All it takes is two to tango millions of dollars out of the taxpayers pocket.

take away their food stamps!!

That $ could buy 1,000.00 houses in working class neighborhoods around the country...what a waste.