Another 37 Billion $ down the drain.

[PA5COR]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/0...in-Secret-Memo

Littoral combat ships, known inside the Navy as little crappy ships, are too lightly armed to be effective on offense and too lightly armored to survive on defense according to information released by Bloomberg based on a secret memo written by the commander of naval surface forces, Vice Admiral Tom Copeman. The $37 billion ship program, developed after 9-11, has been beset with cost overruns and materials engineering problems including cracks and corrosion. The cost of the troubled sea turkeys has doubled to 440 million per ship since 2005. The objective was to develop a fast small ship for near shore action but, as the Navy should have learned from swift boats in Viet Nam, lightly armed boats near shore are easy targets to kill. Navy contractors are developing 2 different designs for the LCS, but both are failing.

[NQ6U]

A billion here, a billion there. Before long, you're talking about real money.

[KC2UGV]

$37 billion here, $122 billion there.... But, we have to cut programs like welfare which costs only about $1 or 2 billion.

[NQ6U]

$37 billion here, $122 billion there.... But, we have to cut programs like welfare which costs only about $1 or 2 billion.

That's because the people on those programs don't generally vote Republican.

[N2RJ]

$37 billion here, $122 billion there.... But, we have to cut programs like welfare which costs only about $1 or 2 billion.

Uhhh, in which country? Certainly not this one.

Food stamps (SNAP) alone was 78 billion in FY2011, according to the CBO. TANF was about 33.3 billion. This includes cash payments and services for welfare clients. It is true though that the cash portion is rather small but it's not 1-2 billion. It's more than that.

[KC2UGV]

Uhhh, in which country? Certainly not this one.

Food stamps (SNAP) alone was 78 billion in FY2011, according to the CBO. TANF was about 33.3 billion. This includes cash payments and services for welfare clients. It is true though that the cash portion is rather small but it's not 1-2 billion. It's more than that.

Both SNAP and TANF cost less than a non-existent engine, for a non-existent airplane, that the airforce doesn't even want.

[N2RJ]

Both SNAP and TANF cost less than a non-existent engine, for a non-existent airplane, that the airforce doesn't even want.

Yeah but your $1 billion claim is still bullshit.

[WA2OLZ]

Yeah but your $1 billion claim is still bullshit.

As are a large majority of so-called facts spouted by Democrats.

[KC2UGV]

Yeah but your $1 billion claim is still bullshit.

Which doesn't change my main point: We purportedly need to slash the social safety net programs, which in totality are less than a single DoD boondoggle program.

[KB3LAZ]

Shit, I spend that daily.