McCain cited a 2011 study by George Mason University economist Stephen Fuller estimating that Arizona would lose more than 33,000 jobs and $2 billion in earnings if the mandated cuts take place in 2013. The study, funded by a defense industry trade group, pegged the total loss to Arizona’s gross state product at $2.9 billion.
McCain said he’s in favor in savings in defense and domestic spending, “But you don’t want to do it with a meat ax.”
He said he doesn’t anticipate any cuts to the F-35 program but added that any delays or cost increases could lead to the government buying fewer F-35s.
None of the rent-seekers are willing to do just a tiny bit of research and ask Mr. McCain to expand more on this letter.
No matter, Sir.
Interesting how someone can show such strong courage as a POW; take sustained and severe beatings; say 'no' to the enemy; get beat some more; rinse and repeat and come out the other side knowing he did his best.
Yet courage to tell the rent-seekers there is no Santa seems lacking.
The mind boggles.
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or...
Maybe, just maybe, he's right?
Nahh...! ;-)
History will prove this blog post to be most succinct and unfortunately, accurate.
Anyone would have hoped for past policymakers to have made the proper choices in defense acquisition process... but the unfortunate reality will no doubt prove that critics were more accurately foreseeing the future reality and making proper calls for policymakers to better alter the strategy, earlier.
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