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Human beings will be happier - not when they cure cancer or get to Mars or eliminate racial prejudice or flush Lake Erie but when they find ways to inhabit primitive communities again. That's my utopia.
~Kurt Vonnegut
~Kurt Vonnegut
Monday, February 06, 2006
Bush seeks defence spending rise
at the expense of healthcare, education and transportation.
Mr Bush is seeking a 6.9% hike in US military spending to $439.3bn, and a 3.3% rise in homeland security funds.
To keep plans to cut the fiscal deficit on track, big cuts have been proposed in healthcare spending.
Mr Bush wants to cut spending on Medicare - the healthcare programme for the poor, elderly and disabled - by $35.9bn over the next five years.
Savings are also sought in vocational education, justice and transportation.
If his criminal acts haven't already done him in, this will. posted by Cyndy | link |
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