The Air Force has the F-35 Lightning fighter jet where $1.7 trillion dollars are (and will be) spent on it but Trump cut a child tax credit that was going to reduce child poverty by 30% at a cost of $94 billion dollars.
The hypocrisy here is that the fighter jet had a 30% efficiency rate in 2023, but it was more important to keep that going forward than helping 30% of our poor children stay out of poverty. The spending cuts offered by Trump are there for causing American poverty and health to increase but is spending 18 times more trying to get an inefficient jet working for the future benefit of our defense.
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F-35 Lightning II fighter jet program, which has been the subject of significant scrutiny due to its high costs and challenges in achieving operational readiness.
Regarding your specific points:
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 extension of the Child Tax Credit will expire at the end of 2025 and revert to pre-2017 levels. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 temporarily expanded the child tax credit for the 2021 tax year to $3,600 per child under age 6 and $3,000 per child up to age 17.
Can you see the hypocrisy here?............. as well as the incompetence and lack of desire of our President to actually help the poor and needy, which he cares nothing about?
The hypocrisy here is that the fighter jet had a 30% efficiency rate in 2023, but it was more important to keep that going forward than helping 30% of our poor children stay out of poverty. The spending cuts offered by Trump are there for causing American poverty and health to increase but is spending 18 times more trying to get an inefficient jet working for the future benefit of our defense.
AI Overview
F-35 Lightning II fighter jet program, which has been the subject of significant scrutiny due to its high costs and challenges in achieving operational readiness.
Regarding your specific points:
- Cost: The F-35 program is the most expensive weapon system program in US history, with estimated lifetime costs (including development, procurement, operation, and sustainment) reaching over $1.7 trillion. Some recent estimates suggest this number could exceed $2 trillion.
- Operational Readiness: Reports from government oversight bodies like the Government Accountability Office (GAO) indicate that the F-35 fleet has struggled with achieving targeted levels of availability and full mission capability.
- One report states that the F-35 fleet's overall availability has trended downward considerably over the past 5 years, and none of the variants (F-35A, F-35B, F-35C) are meeting their availability goals.
- A recent report indicates that the fleet-wide full mission capable rate for the F-35 was only 30% in 2023.
- For the F-35s assigned to active squadrons with combat missions (combat-coded aircraft), the full mission capable rate was only 48%. This means that over half of the F-35s meant to be combat-ready aren't.
- The F-35A, specifically, had a readiness rate of 51.5% in 2024, falling below the Air Force's goal.
- Cost vs. Readiness: Sustainment cost estimates for the F-35 fleet have increased significantly, even as the military services plan to fly the aircraft less than originally estimated, due in part to reliability issues. The current cooling system, for example, is overtasked and causing increased engine wear, adding a projected $38 billion in maintenance costs over the life of the aircraft.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 extension of the Child Tax Credit will expire at the end of 2025 and revert to pre-2017 levels. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 temporarily expanded the child tax credit for the 2021 tax year to $3,600 per child under age 6 and $3,000 per child up to age 17.
Can you see the hypocrisy here?............. as well as the incompetence and lack of desire of our President to actually help the poor and needy, which he cares nothing about?
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