"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
10/14/2014 at 15:17 • Filed to: military fiscal irresponsibility, military waste
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"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
10/14/2014 at 15:17 • Filed to: military fiscal irresponsibility, military waste | 1
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From !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ; the tl;dr story: the Pentagon purchased some transport planes and gave them to the Afghanis, who were incapable of maintaining them, so they had to be scrapped after sitting on the tarmac for years. Just as the headline says, half a billion dollars was turned into $32,000.
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Also of note, the plane in question, the G.222 twin-engine turboprop transport, had been purchased in upgraded form by the Air Force as the C-27J - !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! as the Air Force and Army debate about who can have them and whether or not the Air Force actually wants them.
KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
10/14/2014 at 15:19 |
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Related: What's the easiest way to become a millionaire?
Answer: Start as a billionaire...
505Turbeaux
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
10/14/2014 at 15:22 |
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direct relation to cars: Your rich uncle sees you have no car, but need one to get around and do stuff. So instead of buying you a base model Fiesta, he buys you 20 Alfa Romeos (Italian planes, Italian car whatever) that you cant afford an oil change on. They sit until your landlord says you have too many freaking rotting cars you don't drive, and makes you scrap them.
Just a waste
user314
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
10/14/2014 at 15:27 |
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Alright, who put the C-130 in the dryer?
Spaceball-Two
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
10/14/2014 at 15:28 |
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Didn't the Coast Guard pick up a few of these?
Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
10/14/2014 at 15:35 |
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Hmmm, who would think, an Italian made vehicle with expensive upkeep and astronomical prices for spare parts. never heard of that before
ly2v8-Brian
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
10/14/2014 at 15:38 |
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Kind of the same situation with MRAPs and why Police have them now. Military doesn't want them, gov. then doesn't want to pay to ship them back if mil aint using them, Afghans can barely afford anything larger than a pickup or rusty soviet junk. So that's why Police get them or they get destroyed.
Stupidru
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
10/14/2014 at 16:01 |
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Geez, and I thought my 401k was taking a dive...