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To: RMF who wrote (36247)	8/9/2009 10:06:18 AM
From: Jim S	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

You say this: "Jim, they don't get "carte blanche" but they certainly DO get a lot more leeway than other industries." and then proceed to explain how CONGRESS has carte blanche. Well, yeah, that's what Congress does. And that's what so many conservatives are unhappy about. There have been a number of programs over the years that Congress allocated money for that the DoD didn't want and the contractor didn't want to do. But, the way the law is, if Congress programs money for something, it is illegal to NOT spend that money as allocated. Don't blame the defense contractors, blame the spendthrift and parochial Congress.

To: RMF who wrote (36247)	8/11/2009 9:13:56 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

I believe the pentagon said they DIDN'T want it They wanted it, then they got a new president and Sec of Defense and they followed along and don't want it. Only in rare cases do you get open "revolt" against the civilian leadership on something like this. It's not unknown (for example see en.wikipedia.org but its atypical. I think our budget this year for defense is $636 Billion. If that ain't carte blanche then it's pretty darn close. If that's carte blanche than what's the stimulus/bailout programs, or entitlements?