(Borrrow&Spend)Bush Signs $9B Military Construction Bill

[DUreader]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3421130,00.html




WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush on Saturday
signed a $9.3 billion military construction bill.

The amount is $1.4 billion below last year's level,
but $200 million more than Bush's request.
Lawmakers added more than 100 projects for
military facilities in their home districts - money
that the president had not sought.

The legislation provides money for projects
throughout the country and improvements at U.S.
bases overseas.

One of the final disputes that had delayed passage
was resolved earlier this month when
congressional bargainers agreed to split earmarks
- money directed to specific home-district
projects - 53 percent for the Senate and 47
percent for the House.

[GalleryGod]

1. I like "SCAM & SPEND" Repugs,better.

Gives one the "obtaining money under false pretenses" flavor.:argh:

[bobthedrummer]

2. Halliburton and Dyn Corp. love war.

They make a killing off war.

[indypaul]

3. National debt now being

referred to as the "birth tax" How much of this can be
attributed to passage of the medicare bill? I'm certain
there might be a few links here.

[leesa]

4. Staright from our pockets into the pockets of his buddies and family

[Avalon Sparks]

5. Shocked~

I'm surprised that Bush* was even working on a Saturday.

Seriously though - it IS going straight from our pockets to Bush's* family and friends/backers, and I'm shocked that so many American's attitude is "ho hum" about it.