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(51,690 posts) Fri Mar 21, 2025, 10:33 PM Mar 2025

Bill Maher had a pie chart showing that the Pentagon has the largest budget. $850 billion

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Musk called to eliminate the F-35 “one does not need it, use a drone.”

But now there will be an F-47.

The problem always was that this is the pork that members of congress bring to their districts. I remember in previous years when the Pentagon said they did not need this and that but they had to accept the items; they supported the local economy.

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Bill Maher had a pie chart showing that the Pentagon has the largest budget. $850 billion (Original Post) question everything Mar 2025 OP

They were fighting the F-35 from the time the Reagan admin started promoting it. It only took an extra 20+ ... marble falls Mar 2025 #1

The "local economy" excuses are LIES. Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid RockRaven Mar 2025 #2

Both trump and musk were predicting big cuts in Defense budget weeks ago. Guess political reality got to GOPers. Silent Type Mar 2025 #3

So that's why Bill's going to explain things to co-rat/Krasnov UTUSN Mar 2025 #4

marble falls

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1. They were fighting the F-35 from the time the Reagan admin started promoting it. It only took an extra 20+ ...

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Fri Mar 21, 2025, 10:53 PM

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... years to get it operational. I remember thinking it had a stake in it's heart several times. I was self deluded.

Now we have two more unnecessary boondoggles in the works.

RockRaven

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2. The "local economy" excuses are LIES. Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid

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Fri Mar 21, 2025, 10:54 PM

Mar 2025

also support the local economy -- and even more broadly than defense spending does -- but these ghouls have no problem destroying those... Because they don't generate the same degree of campaign money and lucrative post-office corporate board or lobbying jobs as the MIC.

Silent Type

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3. Both trump and musk were predicting big cuts in Defense budget weeks ago. Guess political reality got to GOPers.

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Fri Mar 21, 2025, 11:10 PM

Mar 2025

Doubt it is time to dump piloted aircraft, but musk is likely right drones are future.

UTUSN

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4. So that's why Bill's going to explain things to co-rat/Krasnov

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Fri Mar 21, 2025, 11:14 PM

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