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2. If you think the military equipment pictured above is expensive

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2013, 07:55 AM

Nov 2013

it probably pales in comparison to the upkeep the government has to pay to use it. I'd like to see a breakdown of how much the government has to pay over the lifetime of each piece of equipment it buys. My guess is that it could cost 100 times more than the original purchase.

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