A $46 Billion Slap In The Face

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from OurFuture.org:



A $46 Billion Slap In The Face
Submitted by Isaiah J. Poole on October 23, 2007 - 12:53pm.


The irony of President Bush's demand on Monday for $46 billion in additional emergency spending for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan—an irony missed by most of the news media—is that it occurred as the Senate debated an appropriations bill for domestic education, labor and human services programs that President Bush has threatened to veto—over a comparatively minor $9.6 billion.

Once again, we have an administration fighting over what is, in the scale of a $3 trillion budget, dimes and quarters when it comes to needs of ordinary families, while demanding Congress shovel money, no questions asked, to feed the war machine in the Middle East. For anyone who really cares about spending priorities, the President's statement was a $46 billion slap in the face of a public sick of his budget posturing.

A read through the White House veto threat for the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill, S. 1710, offers a window into the absurdity of the administration's posturing. Among President Bush's objections:

* An allocation for the Department of Education that is $4.1 billion over the administration's request.
* An increase of $87 million over the administration's request for hospital preparedness grants. (Hmm, homeland security spending the administration actually criticizes.)
* A proposal to give the Department of Labor $1.3 billion more than the administration requested, most of which would be allocated to job training programs. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://commonsense.ourfuture.org/46_billion_slap_face?tx=3

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1. Bush did it right, he asked for 190 billion first two weeks ago, then

comes back and tries to snag another 46 billion two weeks later, and the Dem's are going to go for this bullsh*t!!! -> are the Dem's getting you fed up or is it only me???

[mother earth]

2. The destruction comes from within....who's the real terrorist?

[Ilsa]

3. Meanwhile, our infrastructure is crumbling in many places,

IDEA is not properly funded, people go without healthcare until they are so sick they need emergency rooms, etc ad nauseum.

Why is our leadership putting up with this?