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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Doug R who wrote (443198)8/14/2003 11:44:19 PM
From: DMaA   of 769670
 
This is nothing to get upset about because it's not a serious proposal. It's just a cynical ploy by the Defense Dept to extract more money from Congress.

We'd HATE to have do this but unless we get more money what can we POSSIBLY do?

There are plenty of places to cut the defense budget before you cut combat pay and everyone knows it.

School districts are experts at the same ploy. Threaten parents with the most painful options in order to get excess levees passed.

There is also the added benefit to the careerists making this outlandish proposal, who feel threatened by change, that with the help of Big Media they can embarrass the President. Won't work though.
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