Bush to Seek $419.3 BILLION for Defense

[Bluebear]

WASHINGTON - President Bush will ask Congress for $419.3 billion for the Pentagon for next year, 4.8 percent more than this year's spending as the administration seeks to beef up and reshape the Army and Marine Corps for fighting terrorism.

The request will not include money for wars in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan. Congress already has appropriated $25 billion for those this year, and the White House is planning to request another $80 billion soon.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20050204/ap_on_go_pr_wh/budget_defense

[AllegroRondo]

1. So much for cutting the deficit in half

he must have forgotten that promise.

[dubyaD40web]

2. OMFG

That's why we can't let them get their greedy hands into the trust fund.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. Gee, what happened to cutting the deficit?

:eyes:

[rurallib]

4. I believe this does not

include money for Iraq & Afghanistan which are "off-budget"?

[Jack_Dawson]

5. Will he Raise Taxes?

Where the fuck's all this cash gonna come from?

Juss wonderin'.

:shrug:

[RC]

6. How 'bout if we give Peace a chance?

That worked once. Why not again?

The United States is the only real threat in the world. You want to really fight Terrorism? Impeach bu$h.

[madinmaryland]

7. Thats nearly a half a trillion dollars!

OMFG
:wow:

[Bluebear]

8. "for fighting terrorism".....notice how he got that in there

Yet he cuts domestic spending for our first-line defenders.

[denverbill]

9. Let's see. We already spend more than the next 10 highest nations totals.

And that does NOT include the cost of fighting an actual war.

WTF are we paying for? The Soviet Union is no more. What in the hell could we possibly need to spend that much money for?

[realFedUp]

10. More easy money for his pals?

Someone please cut up his fricking American
Depressed card.

[Sandpiper]

11. And that's EXCLUDING Iraq and Afghanistan

We'll be spending over half a trillion dollars on the military this year.

[Stirk]

12. I'd like to a see a real break down of how that money is spent.

What percentage goes to contractors like Halliburton, Bechtel, GE, etc., and what goes to justifiable expenses like military salaries and benefits.

[greyXstar]

13. Time to put your bank accounts in Euros or Pounds...

cause we're gonna go completely bust VERY soon.
:(