03.19.11
Bombing Moe: For you, ‘we’re broke’ — for Moe, it’s another matter
Fifteen minutes of Tomahawk cruise missile bombardment for Moe:
$500,000 – current production Unit Cost
$1,400,000 – average unit cost (TY$)Low ball: 110 x $500,000 = $55, 000, 000
High ball: 110 x $1,400,000 = $154, 000, 000
Figure bandied around most often by Scott Walker to ‘prove’ Wisconsin’s ‘broke’ and public sector workers have to give up their rights: $137, 000, 000.
The White House, recently, on domestic spending, via Krugman:
And earlier this week, the White House budget director declared: “There is an agreement that we should be reducing spending,??? suggesting that his only quarrel with Republicans is over whether we should be cutting taxes, too.
Reason Number One for Bombing Moe, given Friday:
Whatever it costs in cash for another war, budget cutting for domestic programs that benefit working Americans. That’s because bombing Moe comes out of the special overflowing cash sack for war. It’s the right set of priorities and how we win the future.