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Who cares? The mission of the F-35 was to get taxpayer money into the accounts of Lockheed Martin and its merry army of subcontractors. Mission accomplished!
by pravda 11y ago
Who cares? The mission of the F-35 was to get taxpayer money into the accounts of Lockheed Martin and its merry army of subcontractors. Mission accomplished!
- BinaryIdiot 11y agoAfter doing government contracting myself that really seems to be the mission of all government projects. Unfortunately.
- hndude 11y agoThis book is dedicated to detailing some of the inner workings of that phenomena: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit...
- contingencies 11y agoThat's a great book - and one that I've discussed at some length with real diplomats from involved countries - but actually it's more focused on the use of burdensome and unnecessary international debt to dominate developing nations (hence the name).
- DennisP 11y agoI read the book too. Pretty curious what the diplomats thought of it.
- contingencies 11y agoThey validated its story for their country (Indonesia; opening chapter).