F-22=JOBS... its that simple.
Cut spending elsewhere, like the department of education, the post office the department of redundancy, department...
What about those who say the Department of Education and the Post Office = JOBS. It's that simple for them, too.
"Jobs" are a terrible reason to build the F-22. We might as well pay people to dig ditches and fill them back up again if that's the reason.
National defense, on the other hand, is a perfectly valid reason - and the *only* valid reason - to build them.