Can Romney Pay for A Larger Navy Fleet?

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Romney has been saying this for years, but it will not happen unless China loans us more money. We simply do not have the funds since Wall St. blew up taking all our houses with it, and nobody else is dumb enough to lend us more money. Romney would have to print the money to do it.

lylacavanaugh of CA 1:23PM March 07, 2012

The only way I would ever support an expansion of the fleet is if it is a net cut in cost. IE replace 1 super carrier with 2 medium carriers which can operate almost as many planes at lower operating cost and cost about 1/2 of a Ford class.
We could build littoral ships similar to the Dutch Sigma class (they cost 80-100 million each) and trash our bloated littoral combat ships which weigh in at a stupidly expensive 490 million each. Or we could buy into the German MEKO design which if kitted out similar to a littoral would cost only 300 million and is stealthier

Eron of PA 10:32AM February 08, 2012

Continuing to spend on military adventurism is a fools game, and the American people will be the losers, as the high costs of borrowing to pay our debt eventually bury us in inflation.
We cannot allow any more war mongering or we will lose our reserve currency status in the world.
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Lost Country of CA 1:27PM February 07, 2012