[competentone]

My brother got a FEMA load of MREs to Texas; he was paid three times what his normal rate would have been. Then he was paid $600 a day while sitting and waiting 4 days to be unloaded!

I'm glad to see he's getting some of his (and my) tax dollars back, but his experience demonstrates exactly how inefficient and wasteful our government is.

The thing that really annoys me too is how no one complains when the government is paying exorbitant rates for services, but if someone in the private sector tries to conduct business and charges high rates after a disaster like these hurricanes, plenty of people are screaming "price gouging!"