Sounds like you know about this. What do the numbers look like for inclusion of HD? I am reading in the news without challenge -- and in the Congressional record that this is the biggest gov and gov exp since lbj from Republican senators too. Of course the devil is in the numbers.
How about pulling numbers for the Army, say? Anyone know? I know DOD has soared, but am reading that the ARmy is getting the shaft.
Sounds like you know about this. What do the numbers look like for inclusion of HD? I am reading in the news without challenge -- and in the Congressional record that this is the biggest gov and gov exp since lbj from Republican senators too. Of course the devil is in the numbers. How about pulling numbers for the Army, say? Anyone know? I know DOD has soared, but am reading that the ARmy is getting the shaft. I believe our DOD discretionary spending is down with most of our new defense spending being done accross all of the departments as part of Homeland defense. Before Homeland Defense, the presidnet's discretionary budget was flat relative to GDP. Since HD, the discretionary department budgets have received on average, a +4% increase over GDP over the last two budget years.
Of course, at the discretion of the current congress and president, the future nondiscretionary spending problem will be this new Prescription Drug benifit. But that's a different subject, aye?