Reply #3: a bit of speculation [View All]

[muriel_volestrangler]

Maybe they thought that, having got away with the huge deficit so far, the public reaction would be muted. And that, since the budget is meant to be Congress' responsibility, Congress would hate it more than the public. This would then give them the chance to blame the screwups in Iraq on Congress; that might be more important to them now than the defense profits. They're in election mode now. Increased profits can wait until they're safely back in.