re: #311 Gus 802

And defense contracts = government program. Whether the wingnuts want to admit this or not.

Yep, just ask GE, who got funding for the F136 jet engine, the alternative engine that much fuss was made about for 4 years, despite the DoD saying they didn’t want it. Why? Because the Congress critters who either have GE plants in their districts or wanted to seem “strong on defense” argued that funding it was an “insurance policy,” to have it ready “just in case.”

Now? GE is continuing the work, and will likely sell the engines as alternatives if the F-35 is exported, or modify it and sell it as a civilian engine. And we’ll never see any of the billions of government money spent in its initial development ever again.