Compare and contrast the following:
Clinton Defense Department spending bill for the year 2000 (last year of Clinton Presidency – covered Fiscal year 2001 DOD budget): $288 Billion Dollars
Bush Defense Department spending bill for the year 2008 (last year of Bush Presidency – covers Fiscal year 2009 DOD budget): $488 Billion Dollars, which doesn’t include a $70 Billion dollars of spending previously approved in a supplemental defense spending bill for 2009 operations in Iraq and Afghanistan passed this summer. That adds up to Total Approved DOD spending for Fiscal Year 2009 of $558 Billion Dollars.
And our top general in Afghanistan says he doesn’t have enough troops or other aid, and wants more sent to him as soon as possible.
Do any of you still wonder why things are so messed up in this country?
