In
today's Washington Post the President is reportedly asking for $70 Billion
more for Iraq and Afghanistan. That is in addition to the money already appropriated.
Where oh where is this money going to come from you ask? In a related story the Republican controlled senate passed a $70 Billion tax cut!
Voodoo Economics is Back Baby!!!!
In a great show of cynical pandering, the senators did use the tax bill to authorize more spending for military equipment, along with more money for veterans health care, disability compensation and hospitals.
I am sure they know that using a tax bill to increase spending violates budget rules... but hey since when have rules mattered with this administration?
Tack on to this the fact that even Donald "Duck the Question" Rumsfeld is promising open-ended warfare, your guess is as good as mine how much of this money is going to go to the Cayman Islands before they bankrupt the treasury.
I did think it funny that Rummy is going to offer a 20 year plan... this from a guy who admitted that the Pentagon can't account for over 1 Trillion dollars in outlays from the last 10 years!
All I can say is I hope they print the report on soft paper, because that coated copy paper sure is hard on the bottom...