Pentagon Big Winner in Bush Budget Plan

[cal04]

The Pentagon is the big winner in President Bush's proposed budget for next year, while domestic items such as aid to schools and grants to local governments will get only the slightest of increases.

Medicare and the Medicaid, the health program for the poor and disabled, would shoulder modest but politically difficult cost curbs in the budget the White House is submitting to Congress on Monday.

Some $18 billion in budget savings would come from farm programs over five years.


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''I think that sounds like the president is declaring war on us and the poor people in this country,'' said Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Bush-Budget.html

[Greeby]

1. Isn't it always?

We're lucky if there are more than 70 votes against these massive "defense" bills in the House, and if there are any at all in the Senate

[Benhurst]

2. Why am I not surprised.

BushAmerica: The World's Only Superpower and Third World Dump

[Joanne98]

3. The Dems don't have to pass the budget...

Somebody needs to get AARP involved QUICK! Your medicare or your war. PICK!

[indepat]

4. W has already picked and only time will tell if this Congress is going to

bootlickingly march in lockstep to the drummer's every beat like lemming rushing out to sea as did the past three congresses.

[teryang]

5. Declared the big winner before a vote?

WTF is wrong with this nation?