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To: TimF who wrote (361188)	12/3/2007 12:00:53 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573991

And military spending dropped from 20.7% of US federal government spending the year before Clinton to 15.3% in 1999 (and 15.6% in the year Bush took over). Cutting less than 1% a year (.68%) is hardly slashing. Especially in a time of relative peace. And presumably the government funds increased in those years, so even keeping the mlitary number static would have resulted in a reduction in the percentage. You do well at listing the cut backs. You would think they would add up to more than .68% per year. Unless of course there were other funded defense programs that got more money. I would define 'slash' as 30%+ in a year. I would call .68% a "snip" (and not much of one). Now why is it that big military is the only part of big government you love?