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The F-35 has not enabled any military victories, but it has consumed so much money that we could just write $64k checks to every American instead. Which option
by m0llusk 5y ago
The F-35 has not enabled any military victories, but it has consumed so much money that we could just write $64k checks to every American instead. Which option would make this nation stronger?
- coolspot 5y agoF-35 research, development & maintenance employ a lot of people and move science forward.
- m0llusk 5y agoEmploying people to produce a plane that does not function as intended is a good use of money? It seems like there might be superior alternatives available. Can you point out any specific ways in which the F-35 project actually moved science forward, even indirectly?
- PraetorianGourd 5y agoIdentifying underseas airplane crashes obviously
- ensan 5y agoThe employment and “moving science forward” are certainly not commensurate with the money pit that is F35. How many JWST-scale projects could be funded with that money?
- PraetorianGourd 5y ago170 is the answer. 170 JWSTs. For more fun facts, JWST has employed 1200 people in the world, F-35 has produced around 250,000 jobs. So F-35 has produced more jobs per dollar than JWST so from that perspective it is a steal
- credit_guy 5y ago> we could just write $64k checks to every American Actually $51k. Over 66 years. Comes at around $780 per year. If it were paid off only by Americans. It will be used and paid for also by Brits, Australians, Israeli, Japanese and about 10 other nations.