[hobbes1]

And, while justified, I don’t know how on earth you can say increasing the military is shrinking government. That’s nonsensical.

No it is not. Shrinking the pie of available dollars, and then giving a larger slice of the Pie to the military, cuts into what is left over for Domestic Investigatory, and Regulatory departments. (I.E. who do you want to have more money, the Military or the IRS?)

[Registered]

Dude, you need to look at the Annual Budget, I see no shrinkage there.

[NittanyLion]

No it is not. Shrinking the pie of available dollars, and then giving a larger slice of the Pie to the military, cuts into what is left over for Domestic Investigatory, and Regulatory departments. (I.E. who do you want to have more money, the Military or the IRS?)

If you can provide source data I'd be interested in seeing it (that domestic programs' $$$ is being redirected to the military). If true, much of the criticism of Bush would be unwarranted.

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Shrinking the pie of available dollars, and then giving a larger slice of the Pie to the military, cuts into what is left over for Domestic Investigatory, and Regulatory departments. (I.E. who do you want to have more money, the Military or the IRS?)

If non-military federal spending was concurrently decreasing, you might have point.

But it isn’t and you don’t.