Govt responds: Only $1.75 a lb

By now, you've undoubtedly read about the ham scandal on the Drudge Report. In case you missed it, Food Lion has the same meat for $.79 a lb. Also, as one commentator said, that's not the point. The point is that the stimulus money was supposed to be used for JOBS. 

The references to "2 pound frozen ham sliced" are to the sizes of the packaging. Press reports suggesting that the Recovery Act spent $1.191 million to buy "2 pounds of ham" are wrong. In fact, the contract in question purchased 760,000 pounds of ham for $1.191 million, at a cost of approximately $1.50 per pound.