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3. The manufacturers are crafty

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 13, 2015, 06:33 PM

Nov 2015

They've spread out the parts and labor contracts for the F-35 over something like 45 states. Ain't nobody going to vote to end this boondoggle if it means less military money coming into their state.

Although I recall being challenged a couple of weeks ago on a "free college for everyone" thread about how we could ever pay for such a program. I suggested canceling the F-35, which would free up about a trillion dollars. For some reason, that ended the conversation.

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