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It’s so astronomically expensive ($2B per vehicle, no reuse) that if it does launch, I would predict they’ll only ever launch a few until the next group of poli
by politician 4y ago
It’s so astronomically expensive ($2B per vehicle, no reuse) that if it does launch, I would predict they’ll only ever launch a few until the next group of politicians arrive to cut wasteful spending.
- jfengel 4y ago"Wasteful" is always in the eye of the beholder. Spending in one's own district is never "wasteful". It's only other people's spending that is a waste. So while politicians love to talk about cutting "waste", they never actually do. It's something that exists in aggregate but somehow no actual program ever gets cut. Each program does exist for a reason. Cutting the budget is about making hard choices between reasons. And nobody ever loses reelection for failing to make hard choices. The US has the luxury of being able to borrow cheaply, and it's not necessarily a bad thing to do so. But that means that the politicians campaigning most loudly about "waste" get to say a lot without ever grappling with genuine issues.