Medicaid, Medicare, the Department of Education and the rest of the civilian federal agencies aren’t the only idiots when it comes to spending our money.
 
The Pentagon remains the grand-daddy of them all.
 
It contracted to buy 2,852 F-35 aircraft for $197 billion in October 2001.
 
It will wind up with 2,443 F-35s for between $278 billion and $329 billion.
 
From Reuters: “Defense Secretary Robert Gates fired the Pentagon’s F-35 program manager in February. He also added 13 months and $2.8 billion to the development phase plus four more test aircraft.”
 
Conservatives have to address reining in military spending along with social services spending.