[NeverForgetBataan]

Well.. If you don’t start making significant cuts in defense and entitlements, you won’t even scratch the deficit.

Defense spending and entitlements are a HUGE portion of the budget. The defense industry needs a rude reminder that its NOT sacred.

I go to church with some defense engineering types
and they have, apparently, no worries about the economy or the prospect of that business dropping. They are buying new cars and taking spring break trips to go skiing.

I feel bad saying it, but if they got pink slips next week, I prolly wouldn’t care. I would, of course, be sympathetic to their face.

I’m just sick of the government gravy train and all the defense contractors wiping the gravy off their chins.

Sorry. I’m just in the mood to rant.

[rmlew]

We have 3 choices.
1. Cede air superiority. The lessons of 80 years of combat dictate that this is madness.
2. Upgrade our current air fleet, as we slowly introduce the F-35 and F/A-22.
3. Build large numbers of F/A-22s.

Which of these is cheapest?