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Nation “Too Broke” for Universal Healthcare to Spend $406 Billion More on F-35

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Nation “Too Broke” for Universal Healthcare to Spend 6 Billion More on F-35 (Photo: Forsvarsdepartementet/flickr/cc) The nation’s most expensive weapons program isn’t done showing U.S. taxpayers how much it will ultimately cost them, with Bloomberg reporting Monday that the F-35 fighter jet budget is now predicted to jump by a cool billion. “Think about [F-35's] 5 billion price tag when a family member dies of a preventable disease. Get angry.” Though the estimated future cost of the program had previously hovered at a mind-boggling 9 billion, an updated draft that could be submitted to Congress as early as today will reportedly exceed 6 billion—a nearly 7 percent increase. The new cost increases may come as a hit to President Donald Trump,

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Nation “Too Broke” for Universal Healthcare to Spend $406 Billion More on F-35

Nation “Too Broke” for Universal Healthcare to Spend $406 Billion More on F-35
(Photo: Forsvarsdepartementet/flickr/cc)

The nation’s most expensive weapons program isn’t done showing U.S. taxpayers how much it will ultimately cost them, with Bloomberg reporting Monday that the F-35 fighter jet budget is now predicted to jump by a cool $27 billion.

“Think about [F-35's] $405 billion price tag when a family member dies of a preventable disease. Get angry.”

Though the estimated future cost of the program had previously hovered at a mind-boggling $379 billion, an updated draft that could be submitted to Congress as early as today will reportedly exceed $406 billion—a nearly 7 percent increase.

The new cost increases may come as a hit to President Donald Trump, who has bragged about his ability to get weapons manufacturers to offer the Pentagon “better deals.”

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