"John P. Mullen" wrote:

wrote:
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: Fred J. McCall wrote:
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:Yes, but he does have a war on. That tends to wreck any budget. Too
:large a percentage of the budget is non-discretionary spending.
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: The budget deficit is three times the size of the war budget.
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: Even then most of the war budget is being spent in Iraq, where
: he chose to go to war despite Iraqi compliance with the inspection
: and disarmament program.
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:Most of the war expenditures are off budget.

Pardon? How's that work again?

:There are also costs associated with the military and the war that are
:not clearly identified in the budget.

For some definition of 'clearly identified'.

:In addition, a lot of the war cost is being borne by the states.

Enumerate them.

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