How Washington Works

A good story of the inner workings of Washington by explaining the workings of one government contractor, Concurrent Technology. In a nutshell,

In a July 17 speech on the floor of the House, Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) unsuccessfully sought to strike a $1 million earmark proposed for the Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure, to be run by Concurrent. Flake said he could find no evidence that the center existed.

"Concurrent Technology has been the recipient of millions upon millions of dollars over the years," Flake said during his floor statement. "The executives in Concurrent Technology contribute handsomely to members of Congress. So it receives a lot of earmarks. It seems to be an earmark incubator of some type, an earmark that begets more earmarks."

Comments

[Ironman]

Could be worse - instead of being a metaphor, this could be real.

I'm sure it's just a matter of time though....