Defense Department says NO to unwanted millions $$; Congress insists.

[SeaDaddy1]

Ohio politics. Pork barrel politics at it's finest.

Congress insists on throwing 1/2 billion dollars away for improvements we don't need on the Abrams army tanks. The army repeatedly says no. Congress says it's a "modest investment that will keep important tooling and manufacturing skills".

http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...609580-affa-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_story.html

 

[koalabear]

Union jobs must be protected at all costs.

 

[SeaDaddy1]

When you have the Army saying 'no' to Congress for millions of dollars on unneeded upgrades, that's really fucked up. I wouldn't trust this Congress to budget ammo supply for a BB gun.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Ohio politics. Pork barrel politics at it's finest.

Congress insists on throwing 1/2 billion dollars away for improvements we don't need on the Abrams army tanks. The army repeatedly says no. Congress says it's a "modest investment that will keep important tooling and manufacturing skills".

http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...609580-affa-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_story.html

This is shaping up to be a good test of Secretary Hagel's promise to fight unnecessary expenditures.

 

[Lord_Nibiru]

Military Industrial Complex - Eisenhower knew it, the conspiracy theorists know it, time the rest woke up. War and strife across the world are not only good for the defence industry and therefore the banking industry, in large parts they're created by it.

 

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[SeaDaddy1]

This is shaping up to be a good test of Secretary Hagel's promise to fight unnecessary expenditures.

"We have met the enemy and he is us" - Pogo.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Doesn't matter......how much we spend is totally irrelevant to the social/economic health of our nation....just ask a liberal, blow every fucking penny from here to 2500 A.D. it's the only way.

 

[Squibbs]

Stockpile, stockpile, stockpile!

The Muslims are coming!

The Commies are coming!

The Koreans are coming!

The president wants your guns!

What a bunch of fucking dummies.