Posted by Frank USMC [174.106.149.189] on Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 20:52:15 :
My friends company buys surplus military trucks, mainly the M35 series. Years ago he had an Israeli buying agent stop by to buy some M35 trucks from him. The buying agent did not want to see my friends running trucks, but his parts trucks. The agent purchased several junk trucks, but as my friend put it, he would look every truck over, to make sure the frames were not bent and they had running gear.
My friend asked the guy why was he buying junk trucks, when he could go to the U.S. government and get brand new rebuilt M35 trucks under one of the aid to our allies programs. The answer the guy gave was perfect. "yes, we can get brand new rebuilt M35s from your government, but, if we buy junk M35s and ship them to Israel. The junk M35s can be ran though our rebuild program. This way we are putting hundreds of people to work".
I have always like that story, making jobs instead of handing out checks.
One of the few, Frank USMC RET
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