Money comes from Congress. Reps must not be riled. Riled congress critters are vindictive.
You overlook the concept of investment. Money invested is not expensed
I tend to look at it differently, that is true.
When that vessel takes a enemy missile and they can’t fight the fire causing the vessel to go down in the Pacific with the loss of all hands because they spent money on stupidity rather than valuable skills, it is not just the fault of the damage control teams or the shipboard sensor and defense teams.
It is the fault of us, the citizens, who allow people who push this to get elected.
It is the fault of those elected who pursue this inane, wasteful insanity.
It is the fault of flag officers and other leadership who go along to get along so they can get promoted.
And it is ultimately the fault of the captain and crew who are not adequately trained, supported, and prepared to fight the ship, save the ship, and advance the security and interests of this country.
If we are going to have a Navy that is up to date with homosexual, transgender, feminist, and racial sensitivities but is unable to fight the ship, defeat an enemy, or even stay afloat, we damn well shouldn’t have a navy.
I mean that.
Because we aren’t doing ourselves as taxpayers any favors buying multibillion dollar ships that can’t fight and will go down at the drop of a hat, and we SURE aren’t doing those Navy personnel manning them any favors by putting them in crews that are going to ride those ships to the bottom