We Need the $1400 Stimulus. We Don't Need the F-35.

[Tommymac]

Get real people.

The Project On Government Oversight (POGO)
https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2020/10/selective-arithmetic-to-hide-the-f-35s-true-costs/
The American people were promised that the F-35 would be an affordable replacement for the A-10 and the F-16 when Lockheed Martin won the coveted contract in 2001. Then-Secretary of the Air Force Jim Roche said the new jets would cost between $40 and $50 million a piece and that the total cost of the program, from development to production, would be $200 billion. In the 19 years since that announcement, total program costs have doubled to approximately $400 billion. When all the operating costs for the planned fleet are calculated across the program’s expected 50-year lifetime, the American people will spend an estimated $1.727 trillion.

There are a lot of overpriced programs we don't need right now. This one is just an example.

We CAN afford the Stimulus.

We CANNOT afford not to do it NOW.

[marble falls]

1. Haven't needed it since it was Ronald Reagan's wet dream.

[JoeOtterbein]

2. K n R ! Thanks for posting! nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. This isn't the invisible jet, is it? trumPutin really wanted an invisible jet.

[Blue Owl]

4. Double K&R

[smirkymonkey]

5. Hear, hear!

So sick of these fucked up priorities. People FIRST!

[msongs]

6. uh oh. F-35 parts are made in vermont and they are stationed....in Vermont nt

[sheshe2]

7. Vermont is the home of the F35 and has been for years.

Burlington VT to be exact.

Let that sink in.