25 Feb 21
@wildgrass saidWe Can'T AFfoRd MeDiCAre foR AlL !
$1,700 Billion. That's 8.8 x the net worth of Jeff Bezos. Down the toilet. Lockheed Martin should have to give us back this money... ridiculous
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2021/02/23/the-us-air-force-just-admitted-the-f-35-stealth-fighter-has-failed/
25 Feb 21
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@Duchess64
Here's a fun point of comparison: It costs $36,000 per hour to operate an F-35. The median yearly income of a fully employed American citizen (working 2,000 hours) is about the same. Lockheed is robbing us blind with no end in sight. Whose responsibility is it to pump the brakes on this project? Seems like lots of politicians are clutching pearls about the financial cost of infrastructure projects, but this boondoggle yields exactly zero in terms of tangible benefit to Americans (unless I guess we consider the hypothetical need to defend an aircraft carrier, right?)
25 Feb 21
@wildgrass saidInvading countries that don't sell oil in US dollars is expensive, but the profits to the Federal Reserve System are much greater than that. They should have to pay for it, but we do instead.
$1,700 Billion. That's 8.8 x the net worth of Jeff Bezos. Down the toilet. Lockheed Martin should have to give us back this money... ridiculous
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2021/02/23/the-us-air-force-just-admitted-the-f-35-stealth-fighter-has-failed/
Do you see how you are being fleeced? You don't benefit much from the US dollar being the world reserve currency, but you pay for maintaining with coup attempts and invasions.
Do you resent the money changers yet?
25 Feb 21
@metal-brain saidI resent the politicians who pretend to be fiscally responsible with tax dollars. They're on the Senate floor now arguing that we shouldn't have libraries anymore if they can't be self-sufficient, but the same person supports a program to develop and build fancy jets that don't do anything but cost thousands of times more than the library line item.
Invading countries that don't sell oil in US dollars is expensive, but the profits to the Federal Reserve System are much greater than that. They should have to pay for it, but we do instead.
Do you see how you are being fleeced? You don't benefit much from the US dollar being the world reserve currency, but you pay for maintaining with coup attempts and invasions.
Do you resent the money changers yet?
25 Feb 21
@wildgrass saidThe tangible benefit is that your FIAT currency is still the relatively stable world currency. Given all the quantitive easing since 2008 and the trillion dollar tax cuts by 45, what other than American military might prevents the Dollar from hyper inflating?
Here's a fun point of comparison: It costs $36,000 per hour to operate an F-35. The median yearly income of a fully employed American citizen (working 2,000 hours) is about the same. Lockheed is robbing us blind with no end in sight. Whose responsibility is it to pump the brakes on this project? Seems like lots of politicians are clutching pearls about the financial cost ...[text shortened]... o Americans (unless I guess we consider the hypothetical need to defend an aircraft carrier, right?)
25 Feb 21
@wildgrass saidWelcome to the world of the Vast Military-Industrial Complex. Should we believe Eisenhower now?
@Duchess64
Here's a fun point of comparison: It costs $36,000 per hour to operate an F-35. The median yearly income of a fully employed American citizen (working 2,000 hours) is about the same. Lockheed is robbing us blind with no end in sight. Whose responsibility is it to pump the brakes on this project? Seems like lots of politicians are clutching pearls about the fin ...[text shortened]... o Americans (unless I guess we consider the hypothetical need to defend an aircraft carrier, right?)
26 Feb 21
@earl-of-trumps saidInterestingly Ike only had an opinion about it as he was leaving office, whereas JFK made the mistake of trying to be a dove. I'm not sure it worked out that well for him.
Welcome to the world of the Vast Military-Industrial Complex. Should we believe Eisenhower now?