Warning--Politics!
Sep. 7th, 2003 11:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
varjohaltiaFrom http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/08/international/worldspecial/08PREX.html?hp
Mr. Bush's request for $87 billion was on the high end of what Congress had expected. In recent days, administration officials have said they anticipated asking Congress for an additional $60 billion to $80 billion for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The financing, if approved by Congress, would significantly add to the federal government's deficit, which is approaching $500 billion. Mr. Bush said $66 billion of the $87 billion would be for military and intelligence operations over the next year. White House officials said tonight that they could not specify how the money would be spent.
I wonder what my boss would say if I asked him for a budget with that logic :-)
All seriousness and complexity aside, though, I do really, really pray that these latest nation-building exercises will improve soon.
Mr. Bush's request for $87 billion was on the high end of what Congress had expected. In recent days, administration officials have said they anticipated asking Congress for an additional $60 billion to $80 billion for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The financing, if approved by Congress, would significantly add to the federal government's deficit, which is approaching $500 billion. Mr. Bush said $66 billion of the $87 billion would be for military and intelligence operations over the next year. White House officials said tonight that they could not specify how the money would be spent.
I wonder what my boss would say if I asked him for a budget with that logic :-)
All seriousness and complexity aside, though, I do really, really pray that these latest nation-building exercises will improve soon.
