Mon, Dec 21, 2009
Two Aviation Programs Specifically Mentioned As Wasteful
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released its
preliminary analysis of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Department of
Defense Appropriations Act Thursday. There are 1,719 projects worth
$7.6 billion in the bill. FY 2010 marks the first time that defense
earmarks are below $9 billion since FY 2002, when the total was
$8.8 billion.
Despite this decrease, the bill contains programs the group
considers to be a "waste". CAGW specifically points to
$2,500,000,000 added anonymously for ten additional C-17 aircraft.
CAGW points to a floor statement posted on his website, in which
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) voiced his opposition to the C-17 funding:
“[w]hat we would do in this bill is effectively fund the
purchase of new aircraft that we neither need nor can afford with
critical sustainment money. That would have a significant impact on
our ability to provide the day-to-day operational funding that our
servicemen and women and their families deserve.”
It also cites $465,000,000 added anonymously for the F136
alternate engine program. In a news release, CAGW says "According
to a November 10, 2009 Reuters article, deliveries of the F136
alternate engine will be delayed by one year. Built by General
Electric and Rolls-Royce, the alternate engine program has had two
major setbacks in as many months. In October, F136 testing was
halted when a nut came loose, damaging turbine blades in the
engine. Top military officials, former President Bush, President
Obama, the Office of Management and Budget, and independent
analysts all agree that the alternate engine should be eliminated.
The project is expensive, unnecessary, and only survives because of
pork-barrel politics."
Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, mismanagement
and abuse in government.
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