Comment by pseudohadamard
8 hours ago
The F-35 is built for exactly the right defence contractors and pork-barrelling. As for war, can we get back to you on that?
8 hours ago
The F-35 is built for exactly the right defence contractors and pork-barrelling. As for war, can we get back to you on that?
The F-35 is a perfect pork-barrel example: by using subcontractors distributed in many house districts, the project owner ensures its political viability. By my count, only Louisiana, Wyoming, Nebraska, and North Dakota show less than $1MM in "economic impact".
https://view.ceros.com/lockheed-martin/f35-domestic-impact/p...
The polite way of saying that is "Its a jobs program."