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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MSI who wrote (2567)	9/11/2003 4:16:18 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20039

MSI, you got to get your taxes back from those robbers in congress. You should see how I bid a Gov. job.

To: MSI who wrote (2567)	9/11/2003 6:07:54 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20039

I've heard that 1/4 of the Defense Department budget can't be accounted for each year. That's $100 Billion. A lot of enchiladas... The waste and fraud associated with the "war on terror" will be immense no doubt. Where are all those "conservatives" who rail against big government? Oh yeah, they're too busy spending our money and running up the federal deficit/debt to worry about where the money is actually going. Hypocrites.

To: MSI who wrote (2567)	9/11/2003 6:13:12 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20039

I doubt an outstanding offer of $200m yr to go work out there under those conditions.. It is 24/7 for the year. I assume living conditions are not like home... I am surprised they could get people for $200m

To: MSI who wrote (2567)	9/12/2003 3:40:21 AM
From: Don Earl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20039

<<<has anyone found an analysis of where these funds are going?>>> Well....Congress approved the $100 billion around May -- without any kind of cost estimates or itemized analysis about how it would be spent -- evidently that's almost gone. The Bush Cartel has been very secretive about estimates and there hasn't been any kind of documentation about where the money is going other than that it IS going. I assume Congress will probably approve the additional $87 billion without asking any more questions than they did the last time. The Constitution does have a provision requiring government to provide itemized lists of expenditures periodically, but the Constitution has been pretty well chucked out the window these days in favor of "executive privilege" and "national security".