House passes $690 billion defense bill (without paying for it), page
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Topic started on 26-5-2011 @ 04:31 PM by David9176
On a 322-96 vote, the House approved the broad defense blueprint that would provide a 1.6 percent increase in military pay, fund an array of aircraft, ships and submarines and increase health care fees slightly for working-age military retirees. The bill meets the Pentagon's request for $119 billion to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.


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I'm sure they fought long and hard...but in the end Republicans gave in to the Democrats minority power and passed the bill without actually paying for it. (majority of both parties voted for the bill)



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reply posted on 26-5-2011 @ 04:40 PM by TupacShakur
reply to post by David9176



Billions of dollars are being wasted on something that we do not need, while there are hundreds of other more productive things that money could be used on. What else is new?
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reply posted on 26-5-2011 @ 05:11 PM by realcasa77
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To me it sounds like my old household budget O.o buy buy buy credit and more credit while forgetting that we will
have to pay for it later....It's the American Way^^

I only wish they taught finance and budgeting in primary schools...As a country we would be in a lot less trouble
If we did......


reply posted on 26-5-2011 @ 05:14 PM by OptimusSubprime
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It's not that the Republicans gave in to the Democrats... it's because THEY ARE THE SAME. In a way this is actually good news as far as I'm concerned, because any Republican that voted for this that claims to be a Conservative just outed themselves and is now on record.


reply posted on 26-5-2011 @ 07:27 PM by TupacShakur
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Defense? What do we need to spend billions of dollars defending from? Maybe if there were dozens of Kamikaze pilots flying directly towards the United States, nuclear missiles heading towards us, and submarines in our waters attacking the coast every single day, then I would agree that we need to spend that insane amount of money on defense. But as of right now? No way, we could operate under a couple hundred thousand dollars as our annual budget for "defense" IMO, the rest is just overkill. And I'm sure a good portion of this money is going to fund the wars in the middle east, so what are we defending from, the people whose country we invaded throwing rocks across the ocean at us?



reply posted on 30-5-2011 @ 11:09 AM by yankeesfan1000
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe funds for operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan are entirely separate from this bill. With Iraq and Afghanistan costing a hair below $3 billion per week, (Afghanistan $2B a week, Iraq just under $1B).

But I agree with your general premise. Defense is the easiest place to cut government spending. After typing that and rereading it, it should not be called a defense budget ever again.
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