Here’s Robert Sheer’s take on the new budget: [1]
Ever since some lunatics, mostly citizens of our longtime ally Saudi Arabia, used $3 knives to hijack four planes on the same morning, President Bush has exploited our nation’s trauma as an opportunity to throw trillions of dollars at the military-industrial complex to build weaponry for a Cold War that no longer exists . . .
The Bush budget makes sense only as a slush fund for the defense industry execs and stockholders, a group also blessed by Bush’s tax cuts.
I am aghast at this budget. I couldn’t agree more with this comment to Sheer’s article:
Bu$h Inc. is just doing what he was elected to do. I can’t believe anyone is surprised anymore. My condolences to anyone who thinks their vote still matters. The founders of this country fought for our right to vote – we’ll have to fight again to have it matter.
Ps. Chris Kelly also weighs in [2] with some more specifics of some of the military mega-purchases that are making the budget so lopsided.
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