Originally Posted by Odysseus

I saw on the news this morning that Halliburtin (I don't know how to spell it) overcharged the government by $27 million dollars for meals served to our troops. They reported that some 41 thousand meals were served when only some 14 thousand meals were served.

What bothers me the most is the outcome when I do the math. They were about 27000 meals short and over charged by 27 million dollars. If I'm not mistaken, that is $1000 per meal.

I guess our troops are eating well.