butterfly77
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Fri Feb-06-09 05:16 PM
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Can someone answer this question for me... |
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I seem to recall Bush and company coming to the american people every month asking for billions. Didn't they ask for 870 billion dollars for Iraq?
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Captain Hilts
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Fri Feb-06-09 05:17 PM
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1. It was 'supplemental spending', off-budget. So it doesn't count. nt |
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Fri Feb-06-09 05:19 PM
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2. I never did figure out |
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how to make the "Off-budget" thing work.
Every time I tell my wife I want to get a new gadget and it's Off-Budget, she never buys it!
:rofl:
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Captain Hilts
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Fri Feb-06-09 05:21 PM
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3. She's not as stupid as most people on Capitol Hill! |
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Fri Feb-06-09 05:55 PM
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5. That's the definition of "fiscal conservatism..." |
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...you don't write down everything you've spent. Fiscal liberalism, you write down budget items for programs that don't exist yet.
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Fri Feb-06-09 05:24 PM
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4. It was 87 billion in 2004 - back in the day when that amount was shocking. |
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