War Chest Bloat-PENTAGON To Ask For Another $127 Billion-Got HealthCare?

[Jcrowley]

Rising prices everywhere you look. 44 million uninsured. Social services being stripped away every day. Where's it all going? Who is stealing the public's common wealth? Look no further.

Military may ask $127B for wars
Posted 11/16/2006 11:17 PM ET
By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is preparing its largest spending request yet for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a proposal that could make the conflict the most expensive since World War II.

The Pentagon is considering $127 billion to $160 billion in requests from the armed services for the 2007 fiscal year, which began last month, several lawmakers and congressional staff members said. That's on top of $70 billion already approved for 2007.

Since 2001, Congress has approved $502 billion for the war on terror, roughly two-thirds for Iraq. The latest request, due to reach the incoming Democratic-controlled Congress next spring, would make the war on terror more expensive than the Vietnam War.

Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., who will chair the Senate Budget Committee next year, said the amount under consideration is "$127 billion and rising." He said the cost "is going to increasingly become an issue" because it could prevent Congress from addressing domestic priorities, such as expanding Medicare prescription drug coverage.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-11-16-iraq-costs_x.htm?csp=34

[n2doc]

1. This is just sick

Billions of dollars a month to kill people who will never do "what we want" while people die by the thousands for lack of adequate health care in this country, and our infrastructure goes down the tubes, and our education system breaks down. What a priority system we have here.

[Parche]

2. billion

Ok this is it, ok some for Afghanistan when the Dems take control in Janree
but refuse to send anymore to Iraq.
They need to pay for this themselves with their so called oil reserves......