Oil drilling in Mississippi, flood repairs in Utah and a stadium for Washington's new baseball team. Yes, they are all related. These were all added to the spending bill for Afghanistan and Iraq. Since the White House has decided that this money ($80 billion) doesn’t need to show up in the annual budget, they are trying to hurry this through Congress by declaring it to be an emergency and intimating that “patriots” wouldn’t or shouldn't question it. Since the Republicans have decided that the only true patriots are from their own party, those Republicans have found a few emergencies of their own to add to the bill.
The total war and reconstruction investment in Afghanistan and Iraq is approaching $250 billion…add another $80 billion and we’re talking about some serious money now!
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