He sold it to the Fed. Govt. and it really only cost him $3.56 to produce. But he gave $8000 to the Bush campaign and $5000 to the Cheney campaign. He paid Andersen $8500 to audit his books. So the result will be that he can take tax deductions for the next five years and in the end he will have a net profit of $42,723.00 on the load of lumber. This is called "tax breaks for the average American family."