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sheshe2

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6. Hmm!

Reply to George II (Original post)

Wed Feb 24, 2021, 10:36 PM

Feb 2021

Hm...

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$1,727,000,000,000 for a failed program.

Tell me again what we "can't afford".

No health care, education, energy and water, food for the poor, climate.

If this doesn't enrage you, you don't have a soul.

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This isn't good news re: F-35, especially those who advocated for it over the years. [View all] George II Feb 2021 OP

We have known this for a long time. Isn't this in Vermont or is that another one that does not work. LizBeth Feb 2021 #1

There are 20 based in Vermont, which is the first state that has received its full allotment.... George II Feb 2021 #15

+1 betsuni Feb 2021 #17

hmm help starving kids or buy more airplanes we dont need nt msongs Feb 2021 #2

Like I always tell everyone "it's not like they ever throw parades for helping to feed the kids" Victor_c3 Feb 2021 #5

A quote from the article calls the f-35 a Ferrari Victor_c3 Feb 2021 #3

How long did it take them to realize this? El Supremo Feb 2021 #4

Hmm! sheshe2 Feb 2021 #6

It's known as "priorities", ma'am, "priorities"! Ironic, isn't is she? By the way.... George II Feb 2021 #9

Apparently. sheshe2 Feb 2021 #12

It's a bullshit article. Forbes, those effen liars! Always more ... machoneman Feb 2021 #7

But trump, didn't he say it was 'invisible'? empedocles Feb 2021 #8

"What is the point of the airplane?" A HERETIC I AM Feb 2021 #10

great post soryang Feb 2021 #14

They didn't say "it failed".. EX500rider Feb 2021 #11

TLDR - The F-35 failed because it is too good. Too good, and too expensive. GregariousGroundhog Feb 2021 #13

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