[reefdiver]

Not the first time a Republican has put the Defense of the Nation a Priority

[omega4179]

It would free up some money if they freeze all federal workers salaries for as many years it takes to make them paid like the private sector.

[Gene Eric]

@ 120 mil/each, that’s almost two birds for each day Obama traveled overseas.

[ClearCase_guy]

I strongly support Defense.
I love the F-22.

But we need to cut spending. Now is NOT the time to find things that Obama cut and say "Let's bring that back! It's only a few billion!!"

We have nukes. If a war starts while we take a hiatus from strong defense spending, I say we use 'em.

[Vince Ferrer]

At least one assembly line for the F-22 has already converted to the F-35. I’m sorry, it is a nice aircraft, but we need to let it go.

[Cobra64]

"But Gingrey conceded that concerns over spending and the federal deficit could make the funding battle a difficult one. The planes have a price tag of $120 million each."

The cost of Obama's trip last week would have funded 16 aircraft.

[SandRat]

Just ground Mooo-Shelle saying no more trips period! You can buy 24 aircrat over the next two years with the trips she didn’t get to take shopping and touring at our expense. / sarc

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[J Edgar]

The F-22 could be kept alive WITHOUT undue cost, if Congress would allow LM to sell it to our NATO allies, and Japan and Korea.

CommieCrate Congress deliberately prohibited F-22 exports, even to our most trusted allies. Why?

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

The planes have a price tag of $120 million each.

Price per generally depends on how many you make. The B-2 was (1980) $2 billion per only because they cut back from 132 to 22. The unit cost excluding development ($39B) was only (1980) $400 mil. The $40 billion "saved" then and added to the deficit would have been almost entirely recouped in inflation now and the planes would be available for decades more against China.

[Tea Party Reveler]

A deal and a compromise should be made. If the Department of Defense can expeditiously and quickly conclude this war, then money will be available for F22’s and F35’s. If the war drags on as the stalemate that it clearly is, then no money will be available.

The AF has purchased enough F22’s for the time being. We can't put more eggs into that 500 million each basket. Instead of stimulus spending I would have much preferred the money be spent on defense, but now we are out of money to spend and cuts are necessary.

[Red Steel]

The F-22 will be in the next Congressional budget like I’ve been saying for over a year now...since I’ve known the Dims would lose Congress.

[bereanway]

$120 mill sounds a little low. The numbers I’ve heard that Rand has put together have stated that to restart production and build another 75 planes would come in at over $200 mill per copy. Heck, a guy can spend a day seeing India on that kind of money.

[gogogodzilla]

Unfortunately, thanks to the Democrats and Obama... the F-22 production line was shut down.

So to get it back up and running would cost quite a chunk of change... on top of the cost of each extra fighter.

[GBA]

If obama and the dims are correct and the United States is a declining power, then we don't deserve to have the finest aircraft and the world's best weapons systems. The Chinese do.

Canceling the F-22 and eventually building the lower performing, lesser capable F-35 only makes sense. We should surrender our superiority now, rather than use it when we need it, like the good little one world progressives we should strive to be.

After all, why have an assault weapon when a slingshot will do the same job? Besides, assault weapons make people feel uncomfortable and that's just wrong. Haven't learned anything from the lessons our history has tried to teach us?