Austerity is the cry
from governments across the world, but that only applies to the
social side of society. Every budget gets trimmed, benefits get cut,
wages get frozen, social services get decimated and their costs go
up. However this all looks ridiculous when it comes the that side of
the state apparatus called “military”. The case of the
super-duper, F-35 “do-everything” fighter, makes you scratch your
head and wonder, why do we tolerate such idiots running our affairs.
This power monger's toy is estimated to cost the US almost $400
billion and rising. It was to be operational in 2012 but is now
thought to be 2015/18, what a wonderful money spinner for the arms
industry, no austerity there. It will be available to their NATO
buddies and some other “friendly” nations, who will chip-in to
the development fund, some of their taxpayers money for the privilege of
being able to buy a few of these toys. Once you buy this money eater,
you are lumbered with astronomical costs just to keep the thing
running. Norwegian Rear Admiral Arne Roksund estimated the his
country's 52, F-35's, will cost $769 million EACH, over their
operational lifetime. When the state apparatus talks to us about
“austerity”, they are really just laughing at us, and taking us
for a bunch of idiots. And we are if we tolerate this unbelievable
waste of time, energy and resources to be spent on the toys of
empire, while millions live in poverty, millions starve and others
die from preventable diseases. What will the people of the world gain
from this multi-billion dollar state status symbol?
No comments:
Post a Comment