Re: What's in the War Funding Bill?

Jean Smith wrote:
I think that it is really odd to fund a government project from an
emergency
funding bill. They should be a line item in a regular appropriations bill.

Even the outgoing head of the military's Joint IED Defeat Organization --
a task force that develops anti-bomb technology -- has gone public with
complaints. Montgomery C. Meigs, a retired Army general, warned this week
that the funding shortage would force a halt to the group's activities.

"I will no longer be able to fund any new initiatives or new projects,"
Meigs said Monday in a rare briefing with reporters. "What I cannot fund
today will not go into the field next summer or fall."
<http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-warvote21nov21,1,4697
130.story?ctrack=1&cset=true>

Wouldn't cost of personnel be in the regular budget? It's not like we
can't
count them. Is anyone expecting a surprise jump in the number of civilians
working for DoD?

Is anyone keeping an eye on this? What other stuff has been thown in?
The whole thing seems suspect, when the start throwing the hundreds of
billions around. 165,000 X $100,000= 16.5 billion dollars and a good bunch
of
them are leaving. Add as much to pay contractors who save us money
compared
to the troops. We've got $33B. Where is the other 165 billion going?
Not having the troops in the regular budget implies that we are laying
them
off as they come home. Anybody believe that?

Welcome to the world where the government's accountants play.
(^v^)))))))

George Z.


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