Posted on 12/29/2010 3:23:30 AM PST by Scanian
START hasn't been funded yet.
For a guy who sounds like he's familiar with the political process, you seem stunningly naive.
You may be thinking of the CIA "black budget". It's not always that "black" ~ their printing costs used to show up in my own "printing budget".
What CIA does is scatter the expenditures. What I don't think you get away with so easy is any work that requires thousands of tons of concrete, hundreds of works, and public contracts with private companies.
I think we keep pushing the same way we have over the last 18 months, and concentrate on electing individual conservatives. Hopefully, the Tea party will continue to gain strength and not fizzle out like other movements have. For many years I advocated a third party, but now, because of the Tea party’s example, I believe a less structured system is best for the conservative cause. In other words, if no one group of individuals is in charge then there will be no one to sell us out. I always thought that the all too common RINO stab in the back was the worst thing the GOP had to offer.
You don't think Obama will be slowed down by a little matter like that, do you? Obamacare hasn't been funded yet, and they magically found funds to set up an office and hire staff.
Plan B, if the GOP is beyond redemption, then I would support a third party supporting Tea Party principles. I think the GOP would die a quick death.
The Dems thought they had it hidden. They didn't. But all of these offices, et al, require specific appropriations.
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