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NewJeffCT

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10. They've already spent a lot of that F-35 money

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Tue Feb 26, 2013, 12:06 PM

Feb 2013

the cost has gone WAY over the original estimates, but a lot of it has already been spent. The program touches jobs in 46 states, I believe, so even liberals/progressives will be fighting to keep it.

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The "Fix" Is In: Laying Bare Some Sequester Lies [View all] WilliamPitt Feb 2013 OP

F-35 isn't going anywhere: TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #1

Chris is a joke. DURHAM D Feb 2013 #2

He simply absorbs what everyone else seems to be saying, and presents it TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #3

He may be worse than average, but this is how EVERYONE from the Beltway thinks BlueStreak Feb 2013 #5

Yes, but because he's such an obvious, shallow regurgitator, he's an easy target TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #6

I definitely agree, but we should understand those are make-work projects BlueStreak Feb 2013 #4

we can make-work by employing people to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure.. frylock Feb 2013 #13

a lot of people do get employed in the process. AlbertCat Feb 2013 #15

Exactly. And that is the discussion that is missing. BlueStreak Feb 2013 #16

$435.000,000,000.00 will provide unemployment insurance payments and job training to send DhhD Feb 2013 #7

The F-35 Program needs to be Bill cleaned. DhhD Feb 2013 #8

"Washington Post Lets (anti-Social Security) Lobbyists Write Its Stories" Enrique Feb 2013 #9

They've already spent a lot of that F-35 money NewJeffCT Feb 2013 #10

the best way to cut defense spending NewJeffCT Feb 2013 #11

Sound advice, WRP! n/t Duval Feb 2013 #12

I was just listening to Rendell discuss the need for "entitlement reform" ... Oilwellian Feb 2013 #14

FY 2013 expense for the F-35 is $9.4 billion NewJeffCT Feb 2013 #17

We have to start somewhere. Maybe it is too late for the F-35 BlueStreak Feb 2013 #18

Marking for later read K&R GiveMeFreedom Feb 2013 #19