A different view

All Hat No Cattle

Jane Harman has posted an essay on the Huffington Post today calling for Bush to submit the Iraq budget as part of the regular budget process.

So far Bush has been getting special emergency expenditures for the Iraq war. This aids in two ways.

One, the budget busting costs are counted as part of the Federal budget.

Two, the ways these funds are spent aren't accounted for.

As we've seen much of the money going to Iraq has been going straight into the pockets of contractors with little benefit for the military or the Iraqis.

Harman states that 'I predict this will be the last "emergency" supplemental'. The question is, why is this supplemental being contemplated. Granted, the only budget the past Republican Congress passed was the Defense budget, but I'm sure there are ways to handle this with the general budget and show some accountability.

Harman saying "just one more" sounds like a crack addict saying "just one more hit". Both ring false.

posted by don1one @ 5:38 PM