Congress says in this moment,

[Uncle Joe]

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[George II]

1. Maybe they can start reducing the military budget by decommissioning the 20 F-35s in Burlington?

[DENVERPOPS]

5. They can't

they are too ashamed of stringing it along all this time......They would be too humiliated when asked why they continued to throw billions of dollars to continue to try and make it right, only to fail...........

It is fascinating to see the military suppliers divide the manufacturing across as many states as possible to get as many congress critters to vote for their company's contracts........

[Mopar151]

6. They are already paid for, Air National Guard staffed.

There are many, many whiter elephants in the defence budget.

[George II]

8. Each F-35 has a lifetime cost of $1.7T. That's $34T sitting in hangers and on the tarmac....

....in Burlington Vermont.

[notinkansas]

10. Very! small start.

We need to go much farther than that.

[George II]

12. See post #8. It sure beats voting against the entire funding bill.

[Ford_Prefect]

2. We may not be the principle cause of war but we are certainly an inescapable ingredient.

[MustLoveBeagles]

3. K&R

[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. Military-industrial complexes are easy to build but difficult to tear down...

or re-purpose. Huge employers and money pits in almost all states.

KY.......

[FoxNewsSucks]

9. Odd that the people whining about the F-35

don't seem to mind the Senator from Coal's conflict of interest. . . .

Rather than being used to bash Sanders, the F-35 is really some of the best evidence that the MIC has far too much power.

If only we'd elect more progressives and less corporate/conservadems, maybe something would get done about that.

[rickyhall]

11. Might find the $$ if didn't give to the oil companies, too. Just sayin'...