"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:28:21 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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Oh, just the bad stuff, Ed. Y'know, pork and friends. titter


When you look at the annual budgets (available
at the White House site), you'll find it's not so easy.

Yeah, where's the manual for how to read those damned things?
Hmm, I went to www.whitehouse.com and don't see them.

I assume you recognize that *.com is not the official White House site.
d8-)

Yes, I did.


Try *.gov. Search on "budget". Here are the summaries:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget...arytables.html

If you want the detail, you'll have to look on your own. It's not hard to
find.

OK.


P.S: I'd defund and remove the War Against Drugs, the War Against
Terror, the DHS, the DOE, the EPA, the DEA, the BATFE, and the ED for
starters. And I'd end handouts to illegals from all countries and
really look at the aid to foreign countries. I don't see why we're
funding Israel's weapons.
That'd just about cut the budget in half.

I think you're in for some surprises.

Can you expand on that?

No, because I don't know what would surprise you. d8-) Some of the things
you mention are such a trivial part of the budget that you will hardly
notice them. The War Against Drugs, for example. And the DoE, while 2/3 of
it is nuclear-weapon and -power related and most of THAT is Navy nukes,
amounts to around 3/4 of ONE percent of the total budget. That's WITH all
the nukes included.

If you're looking to save something you can measure, you'll need to look
elsewhere.

--
Ed Huntress