(03-04-2019, 06:20 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: As someone that was directly involved with the program I can tell you that's a false allegation.  While I agree with MalibarJag that we way overspent on the F-35 when the F-22 is a much more superior jet (my opinion), the F-35 is actually going onto full production and is being delivered to the military.

The thing about this though is the topic of this thread is "Waste of Tax Payer Dollars".  I think that a much bigger waste than military spending (mandated by The Constitution) is the needless and useless waste of money spent on more "investigations" of "collusion" or now the term is "obstruction".  How much of our tax payer dollars are being spent on this?  Is it Congress's job to "investigate" or is their job to legislate and create laws?

Cost of a single F-35 that loses to a Sopwith Camel because the pilot blows chunks all over his face during a dogfight: $89 million (https://www.defensenews.com/air/2018/09/...-new-deal/)
Total cost of the Mueller investigation as of December 2018: $25 million (http://fortune.com/2018/12/14/mueller-in...ax-cheats/)

Try again, chief.

(03-04-2019, 10:31 PM)MalabarJag Wrote: The Navy needed a new plane. So did the Marines. But trying to build a plane that fits a "multiple role" use means that you get a plane that isn't best at anything. To me, that's a waste. And the Warthog is still a better anti-tank plane.

There's a reason that one of the last causes John McCain pushed in the Senate was to keep the A-10 program alive instead of "replacing" it with a squishy fighter jet that can't handle anywhere near the punishment that a Warthog can. Long live the Hog.

(03-06-2019, 09:09 AM)copycat Wrote: I have no idea concerning that but I can't imagine that legal shops in Colorado not accepting credit cards.  Perhaps someone with more knowledge can enlighten us.

Hi, former Colorado resident and dispensary customer here. Most people pay cash because purchasing marijuana is still a federal crime, and they don't want their card tied to a record at an illegal business. The dispensaries themselves, at least in 2015, not only accepted cards but encouraged their use. They didn't want to have thousands upon thousands of dollars on hand at any given time, making them targets for armed robberies.

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