"The bomb TRUMP dropped today costed $314 MILLION. Don't tell me we can't...

[CousinIT]

... afford to fund programs that help the poor."

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[spanone]

1. how many innocents were killed with this 'first time' bomb?

trump knows now how to 'marshall' the media...kill some people

[SaschaHM]

2. I'd love to see an explanation as to why it cost that much.

I wouldn't be surprised if the industry mark up was 80% of the price

[PoliticAverse]

3. They don't make that many so there's no economy of scale. I hope Trump...

doesn't go for a "quantity discount".

[flotsam]

4. 320 million was for the entire run...

unit cost is a thrifty mere 16 million...
http://www.thesquander.com/much-mother-bombs-nonnuclear-gbu-43b-massive-ordnance-air-blast-bomb-moab-cost/

[gratuitous]

8. Yep; development cost a lot

But the bomb dropped on Maundy Thursday of Holy Week (won't President Trump's Easter proclamation be a hoot this year?) only cost $16 million. Compared to the impotent display of the Tomahawk missiles in Syria, it's a bargain.

Welcome to DU, flotsam.

[Initech]

5. War isn't a racket. It's a pyramid scheme.

And those at the top are getting rich beyond their wildest dreams, while bankrupting the rest of us in the process.

[meow2u3]

7. Pyramid schemes are rackets last time I checked

[Achilleaze]

6. Just think how many gourmet Republican golf trips

Could have been funded with that $314 million of our tax money.

Deplorable

[jalan48]

9. Straight from the taxpayers pockets to private defense contractors. nt

[CousinIT]

10. hypocritical sonofabitch...

Link to tweet

[TeamPooka]

11. The MOAB costs about $16 million each.