Mr. President..You are no longer on the campaign trail

[whatsfree4me]

Obama's is budgeting for the cost of war, Bush did not. Bush's budget does not take the bailouts into consideration either.


updated 6:13 p.m. CT, Fri., Feb. 2, 2007

WASHINGTON - Keeping troops in Iraq for another year and a half will cost nearly a quarter-trillion dollars - about $800 for every man, woman and child in the U.S. - under the budget President Bush will submit to Congress Monday.

Bush will ask for $100 billion more for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan this year and seek $145 billion for 2008, a senior Pentagon official said Friday. Those requests come on top of about $344 billion spent for Iraq since the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

Bush's proposal, totaling almost $3 trillion for the budget year starting Oct. 1, will kick off a major debate with the new Democratic-controlled Congress. Democrats are sure to press for more money for domestic programs, and they've signaled they won't consider renewing Bush's tax cuts until closer to 2010, when they are to expire.

[meems]

Your dates don't jive...they are 18 months earlier than the CNN report is.

[meems]

Also, what I looked for was "deficit" for each, not total budgets. That's the arguement, no?

[whatsfree4me]

Your dates don't jive...they are 18 months earlier than the CNN report is.

Here's where I got it from. Umm, they do a budget every year don't they?

$3T Bush budget to trim domestic programs - Politics- msnbc.com

It looks like this article doesn't jive with yours either

It looks like Obama isn't the first one to go in the trillions after all. :shrug7:

Bush's budget proposal is biggest - Politics- msnbc.com

updated 5:08 p.m. CT, Sun., Feb. 3, 2008

WASHINGTON - In the nation's first-ever $3 trillion budget proposal, President Bush seeks to seal his legacy of promoting a strong defense to fight terrorism and tax cuts to spur the economy. Democrats, who control Congress, are pledging fierce opposition to Bush's final spending plan — perhaps even until the next president takes office.

The 2009 spending plan sent to Congress on Monday will project huge budget deficits, around $400 billion for this year and next and more than double the 2007 deficit of $163 billion. But even those estimates could prove too low given the rapidly weakening economy and the total costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which Bush does not include in his request for the budget year beginning Oct. 1.

The $3 trillion Bush's proposes spending in 2009 would be the first time that milestone has been reached. Bush also presided over the first budget to hit $2 trillion, in 2002. It took the government nearly 200 years to reach the first $1 trillion budget, which occurred in 1987 during the Reagan administration.

[whatsfree4me]

Also, what I looked for was "deficit" for each, not total budgets. That's the arguement, no?

Truthfully, I don't know what the arguement is any more, LOL.

[meems]

I know, LOL..my eyes are hurting...it's just fun to debate, LOL..what color was the sky today? It surely wasn't blue here!

Getting ready to go watch a movie w/ DH..will come play later..BTW, thanks for playing with me!