You know, I remember the scandal about those 500 dollar toilet seats and 700 dollar hammers when I was in school and was outraged. Now that I have had plenty of years in aviation and am aware of the cost of aviation related tools and components I realize all of the complaints about those prices were from media idiots and political grandstanding. You can barely buy a nut or bolt from Sikorsky or Bell for those prices and that is on the commercial side, nit the military.