[Steeveedee]

Off topic but in line with the alleged government spending on "toilet seats". The item in question was a stainless steel spatter shield meant to be placed around the toilets in submarines. Given that the submarine design in question was a run of ~100 units, and given the non-recurring engineering costs, plus them having to be made from the right kind of stainless, which a complete beeyotch to stamp, it's no surprise at the cost. Proxmire made a bad pick on that one, and it made him famous. There is plenty of government waste, for certain. But if the urine was allowed to seep into the structure, it would have threatened the seaworthiness of said submarines...which cost way more than that "toilet seat", which wasn't even a toilet seat!.