If you guessed the F-35, you're right.
The F-35 is the most expensive weapon ever
built. But according to a damning new article in Vanity Fair Magazine: It can't
fly at night, can't fly in bad weather, and definitely cannot
fight.1
Mainstream media coverage of contractor abuse like
the F-35 is rare. But it can be absolutely essential in our campaign to end
these wasteful programs for good. When we were fighting to shut down the F-22
(another useless warplane that didn't work) a major news story about how the
plane didn't work on CBS nightly news helped convinced President Obama to veto
any spending bill that wasted more money on that needless warplane -- despite
the lobbying of big weapons contractors.
Now its the F-35's turn, and this news story is already making big waves. None other than Sen. John McCain (who's usually only too happy to back bloated Pentagon spending) called out the F-35 program as "worse than a disgrace" and "still one of the great, national scandals that we have ever had, as far as the expenditure of taxpayers' dollars are concerned."2But not a lot of people read Vanity Fair every month for news about national security or the federal budget. So if we want to make sure Washington hears from people that the F-35 is as big a waste like this article shows that it is, we need to spread the word. Just click here to share the news on Facebook, Twitter or email.
Sincerely,
Ross Wallen
USAction / TrueMajority
1 - Adam Ciralsky, Will it fly, Vanity Fair, Sept 16, 2013
2 - Brendan McGarry, McCain: F-35 among the 'Great, National Scandals,' DOD Buzz, Sept 19, 2013
The Tea Baggers are slashing SNAP, leaving Americans hungry, slashing Head Start that has a proven track record of improving educational performance, fighting to deny Americans Health Care, where is the outcry over this disgrace?
Now its the F-35's turn, and this news story is already making big waves. None other than Sen. John McCain (who's usually only too happy to back bloated Pentagon spending) called out the F-35 program as "worse than a disgrace" and "still one of the great, national scandals that we have ever had, as far as the expenditure of taxpayers' dollars are concerned."2But not a lot of people read Vanity Fair every month for news about national security or the federal budget. So if we want to make sure Washington hears from people that the F-35 is as big a waste like this article shows that it is, we need to spread the word. Just click here to share the news on Facebook, Twitter or email.
Sincerely,
Ross Wallen
USAction / TrueMajority
1 - Adam Ciralsky, Will it fly, Vanity Fair, Sept 16, 2013
2 - Brendan McGarry, McCain: F-35 among the 'Great, National Scandals,' DOD Buzz, Sept 19, 2013
The Tea Baggers are slashing SNAP, leaving Americans hungry, slashing Head Start that has a proven track record of improving educational performance, fighting to deny Americans Health Care, where is the outcry over this disgrace?
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