The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is, at a total cost of $1.5 trillion, the biggest military boondoggle in US history. The “next generation fighter” has been plagued with cost over-runs and serious functional problems. The fighter jet will not even have a gun until 2017. But it is being built in a total of 45 states and several foreign countries, so no Member of Congress would dare try to kill this beast. Last week the US Marines declared the jet to be “operational” — but if you read the fine print there is little reason to think they will be flying it anytime soon. Today’s Liberty Report looks at one of the worst examples of military Keynesianism:
Marines Declare F-35 Fighter ‘Operational’
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