Wednesday, February 9, 2005

Reality-based budget

Not!!!! Glen at A Brooklyn Bridge points out a few things in Bush's new budget:

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It assumes that all discretionary spending outside of military and domestic security - everything from paperclips to space shuttles - will be frozen for the next five years.

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It includes no spending for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2006. Those costs are now running about $5 billion a month and are likely to continue at some level in the 2006 fiscal year and beyond.

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Discretionary spending frozen . . . for 5 years . . . Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! We're talking about the U.S. Congress here right? Well, I needed a good laugh before dealing with the traffic on the Long Island Expressway.

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