mrstickball on 29 February 2012
| Marks said: So they're about $14-15 trillion in debt but they can afford another trillion on new planes? Holy shit that's messed up dude. |
Its already been appropriated, and the costs are spread out over 50 years. At our current budget, thats $20b/yr or about 1/30th of the defense budget.
The American military procurement process is a mess, and it drives up costs far beyond what it should. Its making the flyaway cost of what we're building too high for usage. Many other countries are building and deploying their equipment at much more reasonable prices.
The American military is the pinnacle of why big government sucks. There is no single entity that spends more money than the DoD. This is what we get for it.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
