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bighart

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51. My father worked for a military contractor back in the 70's

Sun Sep 29, 2013, 07:56 AM

Sep 2013

after 25 years in the service. The pay was really good but he ended up quitting because he couldn't stand being told to pass parts on to the military he knew were defective. He told me he had been on the other end receiving crap parts that they had to figure out how to make work and could not in good conscience be responsible for sending to the field.

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What costs $1.5 trillion, doesn't work, and comes out of your paycheck? [View all] eridani Sep 2013 OP

I bet there's more stuff that the War Machine produced that doesn't do shit. sakabatou Sep 2013 #1

John McCain, for one example Scootaloo Sep 2013 #39

DUzy sakabatou Sep 2013 #40

There's only one thing a weapons program has to do to be considered a success. MattSh Sep 2013 #46

k&r nt steve2470 Sep 2013 #2

Well, I missed that one Fumesucker Sep 2013 #3

DUzy n/t Flying Squirrel Sep 2013 #9

Well, maybe if we spend all of our budget... Alkene Sep 2013 #4

Can't decide if I like your reply or truedelphi Sep 2013 #34

Yup, also, our 1.5T$ per year health care denial industry Repubs want back. Festivito Sep 2013 #5

du rec. xchrom Sep 2013 #6

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Sep 2013 #7

I've been posting threads in the Veterans forum about the F-35 for a long time now. unhappycamper Sep 2013 #8

Would that be this madokie Sep 2013 #11

Nope - think BIIIIIIG unhappycamper Sep 2013 #12

Too early for me to think that big I guess madokie Sep 2013 #13

I'll give you a hint: unhappycamper Sep 2013 #14

Virginia Class submarines are about half that. NutmegYankee Sep 2013 #23

I would suggest that wikipedia $$ for military stuff is way under priced. unhappycamper Sep 2013 #47

Links please NutmegYankee Sep 2013 #48

I have those number somewhere in my Journal. unhappycamper Sep 2013 #50

Rooting around in one's Journal is more difficult than I thought it would be. unhappycamper Sep 2013 #54

Aluminium?????? Mopar151 Sep 2013 #27

Didn't anyone tell these dumbasses about the galvanic series? jmowreader Sep 2013 #49

I thought it would've been that giant rail gun they're designing. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #28

...the drug war? Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #10

Good thing we have the F-22 to fall back on. bahrbearian Sep 2013 #15

Stop the F35, but the F22 DOES work and works well 7962 Sep 2013 #16

Your kidding me right, it works well? bahrbearian Sep 2013 #19

The F-22 is pointless. dairydog91 Sep 2013 #21

We've always fought against countries armed and flight trained by Russians 7962 Sep 2013 #42

Where did they get the technology? bahrbearian Sep 2013 #52

Worth noting that the article appears to be largely speculation. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2013 #17

$5000 per capita? I think you missed a "carry the 1" somewhere. n/t hughee99 Sep 2013 #30

I don't think so, although I may be wrong. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2013 #31

Sorry it was me. I'm the one who dropped the ball on "carrying the one". hughee99 Sep 2013 #32

Look at it this way: Thank god it doesn't work, or they'd USE it. nt Romulox Sep 2013 #18

And you gotta have a war. undeterred Sep 2013 #20

I may be naive, but which of our current foes has fighter planes to test it out on? libdem4life Sep 2013 #22

We came a hair's breath from a US / Russia confrontation earlier this month.... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #24

Oh my..like real fighters to shoot down, or war games antics-like buzzing each other...hadn't heard? libdem4life Sep 2013 #25

Like U.S. 6th Fleet vs. Russian Mediterranean Task Force... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #26

The point is ... redistribution of the wealth. earthside Sep 2013 #29

A lot of it is middle-class to middle-class transfer. dairydog91 Sep 2013 #33

It would be better for those engineers and manufacturers, etc to be rebuilding our infrastruicture. Incitatus Sep 2013 #35

k&r n/t SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2013 #36

Every idiot supporting this boondoggle ought to read..... lastlib Sep 2013 #37

Welfare for the MIC blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #38

Don't we still make bombers to fight the USSR? AlbertCat Sep 2013 #41

Wouldn't that be something like 3-4 thousand dollars for every person in the USA. ?? BlueJazz Sep 2013 #43

There's only one solution: more cuts to the food stamp program. King_Klonopin Sep 2013 #44

"Bogdan suggested that pilots worried about being shot down should fly cargo aircraft instead" steve2470 Sep 2013 #45

My father worked for a military contractor back in the 70's bighart Sep 2013 #51

good for your dad, an honorable man ! nt steve2470 Sep 2013 #53