Posted on 03/24/2011 5:18:40 PM PDT by Blogger
The U.S. Defense Department ordered GE and Rolls-Royce to stop production on a second engine for the F-35 joint strike fighter Thursday.
The government said they want them to wait until the fiscal 2012 budget is complete and there is a better direction of how the project will look.
Hundreds of employees in Indiana are directly tied to the project. Rolls-Royce is the city`s second largest manufacturer behind Eli Lilly.
In a statement from the fighter engine team they said they are "disappointed with the U.S. Department of Defense decision which goes against the precedent to continue funding for this important competitive program under prior short-term continuing resolutions."
Drugs and jet engines. What could go wrong?
/johnny
LOL!
True. But the executive spends the money. If they don't, as Jefferson didn't for 5 ships that congress appropriated funds for but Jefferson felt were un-needed, that's the prerogative of the executive.
/johnny
We gotta make sure all the government cronies get all the perks they can and the entitlement folks get all the hand outs they want before we waste our money on things like DEFENSE.
GE supports Obama.
Screw ‘em.
Roast ‘em afterwards.
(Sorry, GE employees. I know you’ve got talent. However, your CEO is Obamabutt licking butthole who deserves to be placed at the afterburner of one of your engines - while it’s running.)
I happen to agree (ex GE employee here)
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http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/03/24/noon-doom-for-f136/
Then why have a Congress? Why have an appropriation and authorization process? Evidently, Congress sees an issue with the DOD’s move.
The Dem Congress took away the Presidential impounding power after Nixon resigned..
It’s bigger than GE. It is a 100B+ Contract that will the main support for 3 branches of the military for the foreseen future. Something goes wrong with the Pratt engine and the entire fleet gets grounded. I would take this stance if it were Pratt getting axed and GE keeping the contract. Not good for America.
I didn’t think that sounded entirely right. Even Jefferson can get the Constitution wrong, as weird as that sounds.
I guess in this case the destructive deficit spending is perfectly okay.
Govt waste = Someone else’s program.
At a time when we are $14 trillion in debt, the last thing we need is to fund is an alternate engine for the F-35.
/johnny
Every president up until Nixon had that power. They could impound funds if they thought it was unnecessary, an executive power. BUT, it was more often used as an arm twister to get votes on certain legislation passed or not passed. Vote my way or your district might not get that new highway.......
Anything that slows government down is good in my book. If we get attacked on CONUS, we the people, and the military will lead, and government will follow. Otherwise, it's good for government to not spend money and get slowed down.
/johnny
Actually, considering that Pratt is already 3.5 B overspent, maybe it is Pratt that should go.
It all goes back to fly-then-fix or fix-then-fly and DOD procurement.
We didn't have these problems in WWII. Let's go back to that management style, without the facism.
/johnny
The article states that they are waiting on the 2012 budget
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