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Maybe it's the $1.5 TRILLION price tag for the program so far? $1.5 trillion / 318.9 million people in the USA = $4,703.67 per person! I want a refund!
by twerkmonsta 11y ago
Maybe it's the $1.5 TRILLION price tag for the program so far?
$1.5 trillion / 318.9 million people in the USA = $4,703.67 per person!
I want a refund!
- adventured 11y agoThe program has not cost $1.5 trillion so far. The Pentagon is spending about $11 billion on the F35 for the entire fiscal year (2% of its budget).[1] About ~$30 per tax payer. $1.5 trillion is the 55 year projection on the total cost of the program over that time frame. Including purchase, operation and upkeep. Or $27 billion per year for everything. It has cost roughly $100 billion so far over 20 years. [1] http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/02/02/Pentagon-s-Too-Big-Fail-F-35-Gets-Another-106-Billion http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/02/02/Pentagon-s-Too-Big-...
- istvan__ 11y agoStill better waste of money than healthcare for all!! :)
- engi_nerd 11y agoNot "so far". That's the projected total lifetime cost of the entire program. That includes everything -- paying all the engineering and development costs, all the testing, all the airplanes, all the logistics and spare parts and support -- over 50 years.