[QUOTE=Forumaster;41711604]Can you imagine what would happen if the government had given everyone $1260 instead of blowing it all on this shit?[/QUOTE]
Inflation?
[QUOTE=Murkrow;41712363]Inflation?[/QUOTE]
The money is in already in the money supply regardless...
That money would of paid off 70% of Canada's total debt.
fuck this world
I could have bought several WH40k models with that kind of money
[QUOTE=Forumaster;41711604]Nearly $400 billion.
That's about $1260 per US citizen.
Can you imagine what would happen if the government had given everyone $1260 instead of blowing it all on this shit?[/QUOTE]
people would ask for more free money
Does this mean the taxpayers get reim.. Pfffahahaha who the fuck am I kidding! Cancel the program and please stop finding more expensive ways to kill other people.
WE'RE KEEPING THE A-10!
[video=youtube;3GwjfUFyY6M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M[/video]
[QUOTE=Ruski v2.0;41711664]A fucking disaster. 20% wouldn't give a shit and the other 80% would get drunk as fuck or buy guns and pot.[/QUOTE]
Thats probably exactly opposite of what would actually happen.
Wouldn't be half as expensive if contractors weren't just given a blank check and allowed to charge whatever they wanted. Iirc we're paying them $40 a peice for bolts you could find for 50 cents at your local hardware store.
NASA's entire annual budget of 2012 was 16 billion dollars.
From 1960 to 1969 the us government gave NASA 222.2 billion dollars (that's 2007 dollars).
The development of the f-35 costs TWICE AS MUCH as the Saturn V rocket.
THE F35 IS TWICE AS EXPENSIVE AS GOING TO THE MOON
[QUOTE=DrDevil;41711417]That money could've fed africa for forever[/QUOTE]
that money could have been used to fix our own problems, fuck africa for the time being
I'm usually not a conspiracy theorist, but I honestly believe they started the obviously flawed program because your government is corrupt as shit and Lockheed-Martin has their tendrils so deep inside it, that they essentially paid themselves.
If they do, that leaves the UK fucked in terms of it's aircraft carrier based fleet, because the F-35 is supposed to replace the Sea Harriers we ended selling to the US for, uh, parts...
[QUOTE=Camundongo;41713610]If they do, that leaves the UK fucked in terms of it's aircraft carrier based fleet, because the F-35 is supposed to replace the Sea Harriers we ended selling to the US for, uh, parts...[/QUOTE]
It's all part of the plan. :tinfoil:
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;41711424]Fuck that, it could of fed our own people, and pretty much all of NATO for a few years.[/QUOTE]
We can already feed our own people, but a significant amount of the problem is legal stuff. We waste a significant amount of food.
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[QUOTE=Ruski v2.0;41711664]A fucking disaster. 20% wouldn't give a shit and the other 80% would get drunk as fuck or buy guns and pot.[/QUOTE]
Actually that's likely what we want. We want people to spend that money when they get it, not to save it or pay off debt. Random free money is more likely too be spent by the majority of americans. If I remember my economics courses right, it's Marginal Propensity to consume.
[QUOTE=Occlusion;41711390]Why not just give them a deadline and stick to it? Scrap it after that.[/QUOTE]
When have deadlines ever meant anything to the government?
Every time the Netherlands tried to stop funding the project we were urged to reconsider because we were so deep in the shit anyway and now this?
[QUOTE=meppers;41712851]NASA's entire annual budget of 2012 was 16 billion dollars.
From 1960 to 1969 the us government gave NASA 222.2 billion dollars (that's 2007 dollars).
The development of the f-35 costs TWICE AS MUCH as the Saturn V rocket.
THE F35 IS TWICE AS EXPENSIVE AS GOING TO THE MOON[/QUOTE]
[quote]according to NASA, the average cost to launch a Space Shuttle as of 2011 is about $450 million per mission.[/quote]
With $400 billion they could've practically colonized the moon.
[QUOTE=Tools;41714250]With $400 billion they could've practically colonized the moon.[/QUOTE]
Why waste money on going to space there isn't anyone to kill up there how boring.
[QUOTE=WPlayer;41714095]Every time the Netherlands tried to stop funding the project we were urged to reconsider because we were so deep in the shit anyway and now this?[/QUOTE]
Though the Dutch air force does need to replace its F-16s, I think that going for the F-35 was really overdoing it. What a waste of money. Manufacturers will milk any government contract dry.
Welp, time to take the Harriers out of storage. Actually, you know what, they'll be fucking welcomed back. It's time the politicians stopped brown-nosing Lockheed Martin for their lobbying $$$, now that they've risked compromising the national security of practically half of two continents.
[QUOTE=RainbowStalin;41714315]Why waste money on going to space there isn't anyone to kill up there how boring.[/QUOTE]
Maybe with that $400 billion they could have found some aliens to fight
I wonder who's going to have the unfortunate job of telling Stephen Harper his plan for new jets is falling apart again.
[QUOTE=X6ZioN6X;41714488]Maybe with that $400 billion they could have found some aliens to fight[/QUOTE]
No dumbass don't say that then they'll invest 400 trillion engineering a space fighter
[QUOTE=Jon27;41714375]Welp, time to take the Harriers out of storage. Actually, you know what, they'll be fucking welcomed back. It's time the politicians stopped brown-nosing Lockheed Martin for their lobbying $$$, now that they've risked compromising the national security of practically half of two continents.[/QUOTE]
So how much more money do you plan to spend on the replacement's replacement?
In all honesty, F-22's look cooler.
[QUOTE=joost1120;41711698]I hope they don't cancel the work on the research, just the project itself. The technology on it is absolutely amazing. The HUD removes your cockpit and allows you to literally look through the plane.
Jesus christ how fucking amazing is that![/QUOTE]
I used to handle the electronics for the helmets at a warehousing job I had. Cool stuff.
[QUOTE=Camundongo;41713610]If they do, that leaves the UK fucked in terms of it's aircraft carrier based fleet, because the F-35 is supposed to replace the Sea Harriers we ended selling to the US for, uh, parts...[/QUOTE]
Well shit. This is redemption for when we ruled over them I think. Take our defences and just roll on over and own Britain. I'm watching you US, you can't fool me with your cancelling over budget projects.
[QUOTE=meppers;41712851]NASA's entire annual budget of 2012 was 16 billion dollars.
From 1960 to 1969 the us government gave NASA 222.2 billion dollars (that's 2007 dollars).
The development of the f-35 costs TWICE AS MUCH as the Saturn V rocket.
THE F35 IS TWICE AS EXPENSIVE AS GOING TO THE MOON[/QUOTE]
Yes, you and a lot of other people are mentioning that all of that money should have gone to NASA, but diminishing returns. NASA probably wouldn't even need anywhere near close to half of the F35 budget to do things like manned missions to Mars, and if they received the full budget from the F35 project then NASA would become a sinkhole for money.
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