If the funding is only til Sept 30, why do they still need 100B?

[Truth2Tell]

If we're just gonna fund the war until the end of September, then why do we need to pony up $100 billion?

Robert Naiman put it well at Common Dreams yesterday:

"...The supplemental is purportedly to cover the period until September 30, the end of the fiscal year. Even if one accepted the idea of no limitation of the war before September 30, why is $100 billion necessary for this purpose? This has never been explained. If $100 billion were truly necessary for this purpose, that would mean that the rate of war spending was doubling compared to last year. A far more plausible explanation is that the supplemental is not intended to carry the war to September 30, but well beyond that. If the aim of the Congressional leadership is to revisit the issue in the fall, why provide funding well beyond that?"

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/22/1366/

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Easy.

Earmarks. Riders. Black budget items.