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Old 11-25-2009, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Boreas View Post
Yes, for the most part. The Defense Budget largely ignored the cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The wars were funded by a series of "Supplementals" to the DOD budget. Congress had to approve them, of course, but the practice of using supplementals to fund the wars was BushCo's idea.

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The Dems are working on this. Watch how fast the right turns it into a "they're taking your money" issue. Taking *your* money to pay for their mess.
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