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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule
So, no jobs would be created if the money was left in the hands of taxpayers, or if there wasn't as much of a drain on the economy by the toll of the national debt?
The same can be said for EVERY government dollar spent, even for social net spending. Somewhere someone is receiving each of those dollars spent for services rendered. Whether it is a 75000 dollar a year engineer, or a 55000 dollar a year social service worker. In fact I highly doubt many minimum wage jobs are going into the production of those 32 planes (maybe if new facilities were needed, but even then with the security clearances probably needed, I imagine they were higher paying construction jobs). Conversely, in social net spending most all of those dollars are going to pay for mid level bureacrat salaries, and local construction, or money right back that gets put right back into the economy in the form of food or housing payments.
Point is just because some good comes from a reckless project (in defense or social net spending) doesn't mean that project has an overall good result.
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And like the NFL draft we will not know for years to come.
The F-15 had huge cost issues when it was launched and is has since become one of the most successfull aircraft in USA history.