"The Pentagon is in line for a record budget. In addition to $70 billion approved this summer for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Defense Department would receive $488 billion, a 6 percent increase."
And AS I TYPE THIS, CNN is reporting that the $700 BILLION BUSH LOOTOUT is GOING THROUGH thanks to PELOSI, REID, PAULSON, and the REST OF 'EM are saying a DEAL is IMMINENT!!
"Congressional lawmakers say a "breakthrough" has been reached on a proposed economic bailout deal."
"Senate sends big spending bill to Bush to sign" by Andrew Taylor, Associated Press | September 27, 2008
WASHINGTON --Automakers gained $25 billion in taxpayer-subsidized loans and oil companies won elimination of a long-standing ban on drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as the Senate passed a sprawling spending bill Saturday.
The 78-12 vote sent the $634 billion measure to President Bush, who was expected to sign it even though it spends more money and contains more pet projects than he would have liked.
The Pentagon is in line for a record budget. In addition to $70 billion approved this summer for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Defense Department would receive $488 billion, a 6 percent increase.
The loan package for automakers would reward them with $25 billion in below-market loans, costing taxpayers $7.5 billion to subsidize the retooling of plants and development of technologies to help U.S. carmakers to build cleaner, more fuel efficient cars.
See how the GLOBAL WARMING FART FUCK COST YOU, 'murkns?!
And YOU thought the fart mist issue was HARMLESS!!!
In addition to the Pentagon's budget, there is $40 billion for the Homeland Security Department and $73 billion for veterans' programs and military base construction projects. Combined with the Defense Department's spending, that amounts to about 60 percent of the budget work Congress must pass each year.
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