29 billion dollars and no competitive bids:
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We pay several billion more than that each year in a no-bid contract to International Bankers. The first link shows the interest we pay but the total debt is wrong, it has not gone down, it is currently $100B more, not $100B less than it was in 1997.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080226212107AA2bgJI
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So that is a good question, when did we get sop rich when that money could have bought those weapons in less than 1 years, at no extra cost to the taxpayer. Once we have them fully loaded I have a suggestion for their first mission.
MarineCorps Air Station Beaufortor MCAS Beaufort, S.C. Has received the first of their F-35B's.
There will be three variants of the F-35, also known as Lightning II, in the U.S. military’s service. The Air Force version is the F-35A, the Marines will fly the F-35B and the Navy will operate the F-35C.
"We see this aircraft as having game changing technology that makes our vision of an all-STOVL (short take-off and vertical landing) force possible," Marine Corps Maj. Eric Dent said. "The F-35B is a fifth generation fighter that will provide a quantum leap in capability, basing flexibility, and mission execution across the full spectrum of conflict."
The Marine Corps is purchasing a vertical short takeoff and landing version to replace its aging AV-8B and early F/A-18 models. That Marine F-35B, featured in the latest "Die Hard" movie, uses a rotating rear engine nozzle and a lift fan behind the cockpit for vertical takeoffs and landings and to hover. The price tag for the Marine version is expected to cost in the upper $80 million range. And the Navy version, which will be capable of operating from aircraft carriers, is expected to cost more than $90 million.
http://www.f-16.net/news_article3272.html
There will be three variants of the F-35, also known as Lightning II, in the U.S. military’s service. The Air Force version is the F-35A, the Marines will fly the F-35B and the Navy will operate the F-35C.
"We see this aircraft as having game changing technology that makes our vision of an all-STOVL (short take-off and vertical landing) force possible," Marine Corps Maj. Eric Dent said. "The F-35B is a fifth generation fighter that will provide a quantum leap in capability, basing flexibility, and mission execution across the full spectrum of conflict."
The Marine Corps is purchasing a vertical short takeoff and landing version to replace its aging AV-8B and early F/A-18 models. That Marine F-35B, featured in the latest "Die Hard" movie, uses a rotating rear engine nozzle and a lift fan behind the cockpit for vertical takeoffs and landings and to hover. The price tag for the Marine version is expected to cost in the upper $80 million range. And the Navy version, which will be capable of operating from aircraft carriers, is expected to cost more than $90 million.
http://www.f-16.net/news_article3272.html