The figures and facts in this story from CommonDreams speak for themselves. There are millions starving out there and money is needed for vital medical research and aid to the sick and diseased, yet countries go on frittering away countless dollars. And for what?
"The Pentagon has decided to continue "low-rate" production of the F-35 stealth jet, reportedly the most advanced, expensive and dysfunctional weapons program in U.S. history - this, despite an estimated pricetag of $1 trillion to operate a fleet of 2,443, a history so troubled that NATO allies are meeting next month to reconsider their stated commitment to it, and a current morass that has left the best fighter pilots from the Air Force, Marines and Navy hanging out in Florida for a year, taxiing F-35 Joint Strike Fighters up and down the runway because they can't be flown. Your tax dollars at work."
"The Pentagon has decided to continue "low-rate" production of the F-35 stealth jet, reportedly the most advanced, expensive and dysfunctional weapons program in U.S. history - this, despite an estimated pricetag of $1 trillion to operate a fleet of 2,443, a history so troubled that NATO allies are meeting next month to reconsider their stated commitment to it, and a current morass that has left the best fighter pilots from the Air Force, Marines and Navy hanging out in Florida for a year, taxiing F-35 Joint Strike Fighters up and down the runway because they can't be flown. Your tax dollars at work."
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