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Re:The CDC lost control of the coronavirus pandemic, then th... by CydeWeys on Sunday June 28, 2020 @09:37AM (#23668607)
The majority of DoD's budget is not salaries. Only the salaries should be scaled in this way.

E.g. many other countries are buying our F-35s at the same price we are. Other countries simply can't get equally effective jet fighters, aircraft carriers, etc., at a third to a quarter of the price.

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Re:The CDC lost control of the coronavirus pandemic, then th... by icegreentea2 on Sunday June 28, 2020 @09:45AM (#23668650)
You're correct, personnel costs is not the majority of DoD costs. However, their "pay and benefits" take up 40% of it's budget (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...)

Procurement (the most visible part of the budget we hear about) is 20% of the DoD budget.

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Re:The CDC lost control of the coronavirus pandemic, then th... by samstave on Sunday June 28, 2020 @10:06AM (#23668763)
Also, one needs to take into account Black Budgets - as they are totally opaque and we have no idea what amount of the budget they consume, assuming they are even accounted for in the 700 billion dollar number the budget claims to be.
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Re:The CDC lost control of the coronavirus pandemic, then th... by rayiner on Sunday June 28, 2020 @10:28AM (#23668905)
The same is true for China and Russia.
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Re:The CDC lost control of the coronavirus pandemic, then th... by samstave on Sunday June 28, 2020 @01:43PM (#23670527)
Ooohhh hey again, we havent comment threaded in like five years... how are you doing.
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Re:The CDC lost control of the coronavirus pandemic, then th... by rayiner on Sunday June 28, 2020 @11:23PM (#23674068)
Hanging in thank you for asking.
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Re:The CDC lost control of the coronavirus pandemic, then th... by rayiner on Sunday June 28, 2020 @10:31AM (#23668930)
Why would only salaries be scaled that way? It costs China a fraction as much as the U.S. to build a train line. Do you think it costs them the same amount in nominal dollars to build a landmine?
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