Nation 'Too Broke' for Universal Healthcare to Spend $406 Billion More on F-35

[ckaihatsu]

The bad news on the F-35 fighter jet is even worse than it sounds. The cost of the program, already the most expensive weapons system the Pentagon has ever fielded, is estimated to climb further -- to at least $406.5-billion.


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[ckaihatsu]

The nation's most expensive weapons program isn't done showing U.S. taxpayers how much it will ultimately cost them, with Bloomberg reporting Monday that the F-35 fighter jet budget is now predicted to jump by a cool $27 billion.


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