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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: Joe Sixer who wrote (12449)	7/31/2007 1:23:24 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) of 224749

Where to start? Since Ron Paul has voted against almost every single defense appropriation/Military construction bill in the last 10 years so take your pick. Heres a few cute ones that Ron Paul voted no on... HR 2561: Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 and for other purposes. $800 million for quality of life enhancements, including the repair and maintenance of military housing and barracks - Implements 4.8 percent pay hike for military personnel HR 2904: Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. $4.1 billion for military family housing construction and maintenance HR 1815: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. $124 billion for operations and maintenance - $109 billion for payroll for all active and inactive military personnel - $78 billion for weapons and combat vehicles - $49.1 billion for supplemental spending to fund military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq - $47 billion for research and development - $20 billion for military healthcare programs - $3.2 billion for the working capital fund - $1.8 billion for granting access to the military's Tricare (healthcare) program for all reserve-component personnel - $1.4 billion for chemical agents and munitions destruction and defense - $896 million for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities - $174 million for the defense inspector general - $58 million for the military's retirement home trust fund

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