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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (18201)	3/9/2003 5:25:33 PM
From: Just_Observing	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

Yes. Weapons and training budgets were drastically cut. jlallen, you have to be the biggest idiot to grace SI. If you missed the sarcasm as you are wont to do, disgrace SI. You never let the facts get in the way of your paranoia. Here are the facts to prove that you are a total idiot: MILITARY SPENDING The Administration reversed the decline in defense spending that began in the Bush-Quayle Administration. Reagan-era deficits and the end of the Cold War caused military spending to plummet. The Clinton-Gore Administration reversed that decline and has proposed the largest increases in military spending since the Reagan Administration. America has the best-trained, most capable, most ready fighting force in the world - as evidenced by the fact that during the 78-day air campaign in Kosovo, we achieved our objectives and suffered no American casualties. Our FY2001 budget requested $291.1 billion for defense - a $13.5 billion increase over FY 2000 authorization. Notably, our budget requests $60 billion for procurement of modern weapons systems, and research and development is set at $37.8 billion for fiscal 2001. As Congressional Quarterly Outlook stated: "[T]he Pentagon has undertaken extensive reviews of military doctrine, modernized its arsenal, and restructured its forces into a leaner, more mobile military capable of responding quickly to a number of crises in different pa! rts of the world." [American Forces Press Service, 2/7/2000; CQ Outlook 3/11/99; White House Release 6/26/00] Further you say Clinton's lack of character had a very deleterious effect on officer re-enlistment and morale. MILITARY RECRUITMENT The Administration Enacted the Largest Pay Increase in a Generation; the Armed Forces Have Met Recruitment Goals. Last year, the Administration signed into law a 4.8% pay increase - the largest in 20 years - as well as long-overdue reforms to the military retirement system. This year's budget calls for an additional 3.7% military pay hike and proposes spending $3 billion to eliminate out-of-pocket off-post housing expenses. The budget also aims to fix the military health system, and the Administration added money to support the pharmacy benefit and a custodial care benefit for America's servicemen and women. All four branches of the armed services are expected to meet their enlistment goals this year. Incentives offered in the last several years include better pay, more enlistment bonuses, shorter service time and computers in barracks for those who want an on-line education while they serve. Recruiting and retention have been more difficult in recent years because of the booming civilian economy which has created 22 million new jobs over the past eight years. [AP/Washington Post, 8/1/00] If you are a gentleman, you would apologize to Karen and Pat. But then that is too much to expect of a RWE. A lifetime of hate has corroded your morality. And your mind. Keep taking the Prozac. But your paranoia is probably immune to it. As it is to facts. politicsandelections.com