Opinion: How Many Times Do You Want To Pay For That F-35 Engine?

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There’s an old model in marketing–sell the razor handle cheap, so you can keep making money on the blades. Get somebody focused on the boldface price on a sticker rather than what it’s actually going to cost over its lifetime. We see this all the time in Washington, especially in the defense world...

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