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To: Joe NYC who wrote (217147)	2/3/2005 10:57:25 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573433

It may not be half the budget but its by far the biggest line item.......it exceeds the next largest item by nearly 200%. In other words, defense is a money hog. I think its time to overhaul it as opposed to SS. Good try. The problem areas are programs that grow, as a percentage of the budget, and GDP, not the ones that shrink. Yikes! Its shrinking from half the budget.......actually it stopped shrinking a while back........and you think I don't have an argument. Again, the defense line item is 200% bigger than the next largest line item in the budget. That's a significant stat whether you agree or not!