Not much on this list that I can't live without. But this list is just chump change. The Congress needs to focus on some really big expenditure, like the "alternate" engine for the F-35 aircraft (GE F-136 engine). One engine is already selected and to give GE billions to develop an engine that did not make the competitive cut, is ludicrous.
The total cost of the alternate engine is not known but independent estimates peg the cost at almost $3 billion, but GE says it is only about $2 billion; and this is just to develop the engine, not tool and produce it! Either way, a waste, but the GE engine is made outside f Cincinnati Ohio, next to John Boehner�s district and many local jobs are dependent.
Last edited by djs; 01/21/11.
