Pierre Sprey on the F-35 [video]

Re:Pierre Sprey on the F-35 [video] by fletchowns on Tuesday June 17, 2014 @04:54PM (#7906929)

> $200 MM is a VERY hefty price. Hell 5 of these guys will cover our education needs across the whole damn united states.

I think you need to check your numbers? $1 billion is nowhere near what the United States spends on education each year.

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Re:Pierre Sprey on the F-35 [video] by morsch on Tuesday June 17, 2014 @05:10PM (#7907021)

For anyone else who's wondering: the real number seems to be around $638 billion# (public primary and secondary education). The more you know. For fun I did a small Fermi estimate and got $400 billion, such a useful tool.

# http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=66

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Re:Pierre Sprey on the F-35 [video] by mrkrwtsn on Tuesday June 17, 2014 @05:13PM (#7907031)

Correct, federal education spending is more like $141 billion each year.

http://febp.newamerica.net/background-analysis/education-fed...

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Re:Pierre Sprey on the F-35 [video] by SDGT on Tuesday June 17, 2014 @06:19PM (#7907391)

That's why he used the word "needs" and not "status quo".

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