Comments on: Defense Department Running Out Of Money

By: Jim Henley

Jim Henley — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 03:48:45 +0000

Congress said that if the administration cant give them a 100 % solution on the cost then they dont want it.

Cite?

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:04:42 +0000

Doesnât look like my repost didnât make it.
The congress will not going change the way they do business for any President. They love their power too much. The congress will give Bush what he asks for but only after their grandstanding.

Donât forget most bureaucracy starts in the Congress. Remember why the F.B.I. and C.I.A couldnât share most of their Intel. Congress passed a law forbidding it. Of course they will blame an administration for their mistake either Clinton or Bush or whomever.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:25:45 +0000

War is fluent Would that we all were! (Sorry, Wayne, couldn't resist.) The notion of a Republican Congress not giving Bush what he wants is implausible, at least without some citations. But I'm happy to blame Bush and the Congress.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:19:12 +0000

Don't call him the "Pork President," anjin-san, he likes it---enrages the Islamists even further.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:18:01 +0000

Many are in the typical position of not knowing where the blames should go. It is the congress that prevents the administration from not budgeting the war. The administration originally tried to give the congress an estimated budget for the war with a 80 to 90 % solution. War is fluent, so one canât give an exact cost of what it will cost. Not that any project goes as plan but that is another issue. Congress said that if the administration canât give them a 100 % solution on the cost then they donât want it. Some in congress has say âwe are not going to give Defense Department a blank checkâ. Of course it easier to blame Bush for everything including the weather then take the time and see who is really responsible or simply because of one hate for Bush.

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:39:16 +0000

Perhaps if the pork President had vetoed even a single spending bill during his presidency there would be a few more dollars in the till...

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:20:09 +0000

Gives "A Bridge Too Far" a whole new meaning.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:45:27 +0000

Jim: Agreed. There's no excuse for counting as "emergency" expenditures those which can be routinely programmed.

By: Jim Henley

Jim Henley — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:20:34 +0000

Couldn't the Pentagon finally hold that bake sale I keep seeing suggested on all the leftie bumper stickers? ;) But seriously folks, it might also help if the Bush Administration didn't pretend it can't budget for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. With a little intellectual honesty the Administration could regularize funding.