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Obama calls for 10% CUT at Pentagon as Iran calls him "Weak"
The Discerning Texan —
I feel safer already... Meanwhile it is good to see that the "no preconditions" policy of Our Lord and Savior Barack Obama--for negotiating with the #1 state sponsor of terror on Earth--is working so well.
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Jules Crittenden —
... the point of socialism if you can’t protect the jobs of people who don’t deserve them? Powerline on the Obama admin’s quick payoff to unions . Socialismizing in style! That’s wicked Euro. WPost on Daschle’s do as we say approach to taxation, plus politically correct profiteering. Malkin’s unhappy about the GOP chickens watching that henhouse . Congress gives itself $93,000 more in petty cash per head. Because spending other people’s money isn’t cheap . 10 percent cut at the Pentagon in wartime? Quick FDR check, please. Topics: Europe , ...
Insane Right-Wing Tax Cut Fetish
Comments from Left Field —
... to their insane “tax cuts are the answer; government spending is the spawn of the devil” fetish — except, of course, for war-related government spending. And check out what congressional Republicans and their followers consider to be “Democrat constituencies.” Apart from the predictable “welfare payments” and “food stamps” of course (can’t help Americans pay for food in an economic crisis, you know), ...
A 10% CUT AT THE PENTAGON? Well, most of those folks didn’t vote for him, after all….
Instapundit —
A 10% CUT AT THE PENTAGON? Well, most of those folks didn’t vote for him, after all.
$40 billion increase in proposed Pentagon budget spun as ‘defense cuts’ by right wing.
Think Progress —
The Obama administration is reportedly capping the Pentagon’s 2010 budget for non-war spending at $527 billion, a level previously recommended by Bush administration officials. Despite the fact that this will represent an 8 percent increase over 2009 funding levels, conservative commentators are painting the cap as a budget cut. CQ’s Josh Rogin reports:
Some Pentagon officials and congressional conservatives are already trying to portray the OMB number as a cut by comparing it to a $584 billion ...
Democratic Senator Ben Nelson May Oppose Stimulus Package Because Of Pell Grant Funding
The Hollywood Liberal —
... that this will represent an 8 percent increase over 2009 funding levels, conservative commentators are painting the cap as a budget cut. CQ’s Josh Rogin reports: Some Pentagon […] The Obama administration is reportedly capping the Pentagon’s 2010 budget for non-war spending at $527 billion, a level previously recommended by Bush administration officials. Despite the fact that this will represent an 8 percent increase over 2009 funding levels, conservative commentators are painting the cap as a budget cut . CQ’s Josh Rogin ...
