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The $46 Pin That Grounded Marines and Paid a CEO $68M
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9:46Now PlayingThe Pentagon paid $4,361 for a metal pin worth $46. The same defense contractor pulled tens of millions in excess profit on parts the military depends on — and locked the troops out of fixing their own equipment. This is how government waste actually works: it's not an accident, it's a transfer, and it's by design.
A breakdown of TransDigm, the $46 pin, CEO Nicholas Howley's $68 million payday, and the sole-source monopoly model that bills taxpayers — and grounds Marines — while Wall Street cheers it on.
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