More MIC Welfare Means Less For We The People [View all]
Yesterday I talked about a $22.9 billion dollar artist's conception of our 'new' Navy.
Let's talk about MIC welfare.
In addition to pay $12.9 billion dollars for the UNFINISHED USS Gerald R Ford, our congress-critters want to/already have plunked down another $4 billion dollars in an attempt to have Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. build an aircraft carrier that actually comes in at the agreed upon price.
Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Virginia wants to replace all Ohio-class submarines with next-generation nuclear-armed submarines. Virginia-class submarines now cost somewhere between $7 ~ $9 billion dollars each. Good luck with that Randy.
Speaking of Randy, he also wants to stop (military) sequestration. To refresh your memory, sequestration occurred because Rs and Ds could not agree on where the cuts in the discretionary budget should come from. Both sides agreed on $50 billion dollar cuts to military programs AND social programs. Looks like sequestration is for Democrats, not Republicans.
Poor us. 
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