• HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Problem is we’ve already given the $19B the US paid for the first 16 jets and asking for a refund seems pointless with Cunty McCuntface in power.

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      The $19M is a sunk cost.

      If we have to throw that away to escape being locked into a lengthy contract with a nation who I had declared themselves to be opposed to us and our allies — that discarded money is well spent.

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        The $19M is a sunk cost.

        All the biomedical research for all diseases, across Canada, for an entire generation. CAF PISSES money.

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          Yes $19M is a lot of money, but to use your terminology this is money that has already been pissed. The economic term for this is “sunk cost” — we aren’t getting those dollars back no matter what we choose.

          It’s important to not let sunk costs influence our best course of action is going forward, but this is a challenge because people can get emotionally attached and massively overspend just to avoid feeling like the relatively smaller amount was wasted.

          So is the better choice spending billions on F-35s and being locked into a forever contract with a country that is opposed to our interests? Or do we write off $19M and do something else? My vote is the something else.