Gary
5/10/2012 9:02:00 PM
On Thu, 10 May 2012 16:54:23 -0400, "JerryD\(upstateNY\)"
<jerryd@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>Gary wrote Where does the other $475 billion go ?
>
>"Jim_Higgins" wrote in message There are the ongoing cost overruns,
> inadequately thought out "Wunderwaffe" like the F-22, F-35,
> Navy LCS ships etc. That eats up a LOT of money and fattens
> defense contractors and Congressmen.<<<<
>
>Just another example, that the federal government can't run ANYTHING, well.
>Private companies get people who know what they are doing to run their
>companies.
>The government gets relatives and big political donors to run things.
>And the democrats think government run health care will be run well and cost
>effective.
The government runs things very well. Look at the Army. Look at
prisons. Look at Social Security. Look at Medicare. Look at the
200 year old Post Office.
It's when these damn crooks in Congress demand the government hire
"civilian contractors" to do what the government can do itself, is
when everything screws up.