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HALP can you write about rental car co. consolidations and the deliberate reduction of inventory (cars available) in order to drive prices sky-high. It is impossible in my area to reserve a rental 2 days in advance for less that $200 a day for an ECONOMY CAR. I can literally show you the $600 (3 day rental) quote from Avis. Standard rates are less for Alamo/Enterprise but they are perpetually sold out.

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What about building the missiles at government facilities? For example the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. The US Army and US Navy at one time operated a number of arsenal, shipyards and other facilities to produce armaments. Recall the issue of the Frankford Arsenal in the 1976 presidential race?

I recall that it was regarded as scandalous that ships built in naval yards cost more than did ships from civilian yards. But once the naval shipyards stopped producing ships there was a dramatic escalation in the price of warships. It was seemingly a case of being penny wise and pound foolish. And a number of civilian yards which once built ships for the US Navy have closed anyway as the shipbuilding budget has become a funnel to transfer wealth to a few large corporations.

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