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I take it as a given that, when a private individual uses their money, at least one person probably thought the way it was used was a good idea. I do not take
by RHSeeger 11y ago
I take it as a given that, when a private individual uses their money, at least one person probably thought the way it was used was a good idea.
I do not take it as a given that, when the government spends money, anyone thought how it was spent was a good idea (like spending 8 billion dollars to design a tank... yes, that's billions, with a "b" (also, I love that movie))
- HiLo 11y agoThis is such a retarded argument. How did it get into the budget if nobody thought it was a good idea? Do you know how much of a fight it is to get anything in there at all? Furthermore, all you're doing is cherry picking data points to support your argument without factoring in that military and medical equipment all have huge, onerous requirements for tracking every step of the supply chain, to the mine the metal came out of, which makes cost structures very weird. What about the Manhattan Project, or the Hoover Dam, or the Interstate System. Bad investments? See, I can cherry pick too.
- merpnderp 11y agoWell the parasitic corporate/government relationship thought it was a good idea. But few hosts care to listen to the votes of their parasites. And it wasn't really a tank, but some sort of useless hybrid designed to maximize the number of US casualties in any conflict with a modern army. I kid, that's just the side effect of maximizing the amount of graft which flowed into the companies involved and then back into the hands of the politicians involved.