Well the Federal bean counters and associated politico's want to cut spending

Message posted by Aaron Johnson on February 19, 2004 at 0:34:19 PST:

Feb. 11 - The most revealing factoid about the Bush administration's budget is this: After scouring the entire $2.4 trillion of federal spending, the White House found 65 programs that it deemed so unneeded or ineffective that they should be eliminated. How much do these programs cost? About $4.9 billion. Although that's a lot of money, it's only 0.2 percent of federal spending—two-tenths of 1 percent. This qualifies as an aggressive assault on government spending?

• Cut defense—$433 billion in 2004—by $25 billion by shutting unneeded bases and ending questionable weapons programs. Possibilities: cancel one of two new fighters (the F/A-22 or the Joint Strike Fighter), the Marines' V-22 transport plane and the Army's Comanche helicopter.

Attached link: Dishonest Budget Talk

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