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War Spending Games

Submitted by strike on Fri, 2008-02-01 17:00
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War Spending Games

When President Bush hands Congress his budget on Monday, he?ll no doubt boast about cutting the fat from domestic programs and urge Congress to be fiscally responsible. But once again, the Administration will leave one of the government's most expensive efforts ? the ?Global War on Terror?? off the books. While this accounting trick doesn't quite rise to the level of an Enron scheme, it's based on the same premise: Any budget can look good if you leave enough expenses off.

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