$ 2,900,000,000,000
$ 2,900,000,000,000
This is George Bush’s budget request for the next year (published today). He also said he would be requesting a supplemental request of $ 235,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and 2008 for military spending and the ‘global war on terror.’
This brings the cost of Bush’s Global War on Terror, through 2008, to: $ 661,900,000,000. And of course, since a cardinal rule is ‘THEY ALWAYS LIE,’ I can guarantee it will be higher than projected at this time.
Conincidentally…despite continuing deficits and yet another record outlay for 2008, the same document conveys optimism that the federal budget can not only be soon balanced, but will show a $ 61,000,000,000 surplus by 2012!
You don’t need to be a pessimist (or a rocket scientist) to know that that math can’t add up.
These people are truly nuts. But again the press (and congress) just lets the lack of rationality go. Why won’t they bust them on this?