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View submission: Elon Musk can’t balance the budget
That's rather silly. The Pentagon can't just run down to Lowe's for a claw hammer when the hammer needed is specifically designed to do a job any old tool won't do. That would be one of many myths about government spending. Thanks for helping to highlight that myth.
Comment by raisondecalcul at 26/11/2024 at 02:44 UTC
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Military spending is the most corrupt and arbitrary, so I don't think that's a very good example of government efficiency. Another similar example of arbitrary markup are medical supplies: The exact same product can go for tens or hundreds of times as much if it's labeled for medical use, compared to say food-safe use. Best case scenario is this profit goes into the pockets of researchers who earned it by getting advanced degrees. But is that really where these huge markups go? I doubt it.
Comment by moongrowl at 26/11/2024 at 05:24 UTC
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Youve taken a non-specific example (sans actual evidence) and interpreted the data to support your hypothesis. That is called confirmation bias.
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