F-35 To Cost $1.5 Trillion, A Real Spending Scam.

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The F-35 Fighter Jet Will Cost $1.5 Trillion. It’s Time for New Priorities.

I think the US spends too much on defense but looking into the core, which the above author does not, the F-35 is built using 1400 subcontractors in 46 states. Bernie Sanders fights for saving the F 35. Who will vote against the F35? Its creates a ton of good paying jobs all over the country? It is a scam but then almost all Federal programs are scams. Food stamps are a scam, Head Start was a total failure and scam. Infrastructure is and will be a scam. Student loans are a scam. Free college would be a true scam.
 
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How is infrastructure a scam?

You can imagine if these guys were in power 50 years ago we’d have no interstate highways, no national power grid, no national education standards and on and on. Economists argue that robust investment in infrastructure in the twentieth century set the foundation for the nation’s strong growth in the aftermath of World War II. And now we have a party in power that believes investments are waste and money should instead line the pockets of the already rich.
 

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Too put it simply, it's a shit box.

"The F-35 is a case of massive over ambition to develop one base airframe that can be adapted to replace half-dozen specialized jets. The result is an expensive jack-of-all-trades, but a master of none."
The F-35 Is One of the 5 Worst Fighter Jets Ever Made

Failed again against a 50 year old design
NoCookies | The Australian

And they're a bottomless pit to maintain.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...ng-new-f-35-fighter-jets-20181205-p50keq.html

Despite all of the F35 advocates telling anyone who'd listen how "cost effective" the program was.

Even Popular Mechanics can't find much nice to say about it.
F-35 Problems: How the Joint Strike Fighter Got to Be Such a Mess

But then again, if it all goes wrong you can always reach for the big red "Top Secret" stamp
F-35 deliveries suspented, problem report made ‘Top Secret’
 

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Yeah, what did the interstates ever do for this country?

They are already built. You didn’t read the link, Japan’s massive investment in refurbishing infrastructure proved to be a loser. Cailfornia’s bullet train was a pure loser. Anyways greens won’t allow any new roads or bridges or dams.

Anyways there is no way to pay for refurbishing roads and bridges AND paying for free health care AND free college AND free Pre K schools AND free pension retirement.

The Empire State building was built in 18 months. You can’t even get a SFR built in 18 months today.
 

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They are already built. You didn’t read the link, Japan’s massive investment in refurbishing infrastructure proved to be a loser. Cailfornia’s bullet train was a pure loser. Anyways greens won’t allow any new roads or bridges or dams.

Anyways there is no way to pay for refurbishing roads and bridges AND paying for free health care AND free college AND free Pre K schools AND free pension retirement.

The Empire State building was built in 18 months. You can’t even get a SFR built in 18 months today.

So no refurbishing? Let it all rot, and go back to the Stone Age?

You say we can't pay for it all. Maybe we lack the money--or maybe we lack the vision.

At any rate, I'll look for presidential candidates with more of a vision than you've offered.
 

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So no refurbishing? Let it all rot, and go back to the Stone Age?

You say we can't pay for it all. Maybe we lack the money--or maybe we lack the vision.

At any rate, I'll look for presidential candidates with more of a vision than you've offered.

There is a very good argument for making more roads and bridges toll entities. Users pay for refurbishing.

Leftist visions are generally pie in the sky ideas that work only in a world that has no limits. We live in a world of limits. We need to make tough choices. You want perfect roads and bridges? You will have to cut education spending and Medicaid.

Heck the country is virtually bankrupt now, based on future entitlement promises.
 

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There is a very good argument for making more roads and bridges toll entities. Users pay for refurbishing.

Leftist visions are generally pie in the sky ideas that work only in a world that has no limits. We live in a world of limits. We need to make tough choices. You want perfect roads and bridges? You will have to cut education spending and Medicaid.

Heck the country is virtually bankrupt now, based on future entitlement promises.

Cut education and Medicaid? Or... We stop subsidising big oil and stop over-spending on our military? There's billions to be utilized on our citizens, but our government is paid to put us on the bottom of the list of priorities.

Get money out of politics, and let government govern based on what actually Helps people... Not on what gets billionaires more fucking money .
 

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The F-35 Fighter Jet Will Cost $1.5 Trillion. It’s Time for New Priorities.

I think the US spends too much on defense but looking into the core, which the above author does not, the F-35 is built using 1400 subcontractors in 46 states. Bernie Sanders fights for saving the F 35. Who will vote against the F35? Its creates a ton of good paying jobs all over the country? It is a scam but then almost all Federal programs are scams. Food stamps are a scam, Head Start was a total failure and scam. Infrastructure is and will be a scam. Student loans are a scam. Free college would be a true scam.
You still haven't defined "scam."
 

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Cut education and Medicaid? Or... We stop subsidising big oil and stop over-spending on our military? There's billions to be utilized on our citizens, but our government is paid to put us on the bottom of the list of priorities.

Get money out of politics, and let government govern based on what actually Helps people... Not on what gets billionaires more fucking money .

We don’t subsidize oil, I already debunked that, case closed. Over spending on military? What billionaires are getting rich on military spending? Most military spending goes to middle class salaries. I know a lot of folks at Lockheed/Martin that live their jobs and believe their work is valuable.

60 years ago 50% of our budget was defense spending, now it is 16% of total spending. $200 billion of the $650 billion is straight military pay and healthcare.

1400 subcontractors rely on F 35 spending for their income.

Really, this is the most poorly educated cohort of posters around.
 

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We don’t subsidize oil, I already debunked that, case closed. Over spending on military? What billionaires are getting rich on military spending? Most military spending goes to middle class salaries. I know a lot of folks at Lockheed/Martin that live their jobs and believe their work is valuable.

60 years ago 50% of our budget was defense spending, now it is 16% of total spending. $200 billion of the $650 billion is straight military pay and healthcare.

1400 subcontractors rely on F 35 spending for their income.

Really, this is the most poorly educated cohort of posters around.

You didn't debunk shit.

You're spouting bullshit like you get paid to do it.
 
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