Manuals - an USD$84,000,000 upgrade

[fatmal]

The flight and maintenance manuals for the 2x new Air Force 1 B747's will cost the US taxpayer $84,000,000. At 100,000 pages, that's $840 a page!

 

https://www.defenseone.com/business/2020/04/owners-manual-trumps-new-air-force-one-cost-84-million/164651/?oref=DefenseOneTCO

[Bruce Tuncks]

I'm continually staggered at how taxpayers money is spent without care. Is there a jurisdiction in the world where they spend money with due care?

[old man emu]

What do you expect in a country where the military-industrial complex is the basis for its economy?

 

Eisenhower's farewell address was the final public speech of Dwight D. Eisenhower as the 34th President of the United States, delivered in a television broadcast on January 17, 1961. Perhaps it is best known for advocating that the nation guard against the potential influence of the military–industrial complex, a term he is credited with coining.

 

The speech also expressed concerns about planning for the future and the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending; the prospect of the domination of science through Federal funding and, conversely, the domination of science-based public policy by what he called a "scientific-technological elite". Despite his military background, he warned the nation with regard to the corrupting influence of what he describes as the "military-industrial complex".

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower%27s_farewell_address

[Old Koreelah]

Despite all their bleeding about avoiding debt, the last President to balance the budget was Ike.

[Bruce Tuncks]

It was only recently that I found out that for much of my life, the US spent more on its military than the rest of the world put together. Why didn't I know? did you guys?

[kgwilson]

I'm continually staggered at how taxpayers money is spent without care. Is there a jurisdiction in the world where they spend money with due care?

No!

[M61A1]

I'm continually staggered at how taxpayers money is spent without care. Is there a jurisdiction in the world where they spend money with due care?

Whether or not you like David Leyonhjelm I think he explains it well here...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z_PKvUnR-g:348