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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: TimF who wrote (68038)5/23/2008 5:00:58 PM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (1) of 543180
 
<<<If we call it a $3tril war, do we get to make the same sort of calculations on every other government program and have those numbers be the headline figures?>>>

Absolutely.

But, it would have to be apple to apple:

1. Accrual accounting for every major program.

2. Spending has to be budgeted and not be hidden through "emergency spending" measures.

3. Complete transparancey to ensure that spending is not diverted to other parts of the budget.
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