Bush to cut programs for troop surge
The president has announced a plan to send 8200 more troops to Iraq. The proposal also asks for $3.2 billion, much of which is coming from controversial places. From the article:
Some of the deployments can be financed by cutting "lower priority federal programs," according to a document issued March 9 by the Office of Management and Budget.Sounds fine and dandy, right. The real problem is what "lower priority federal programs" are:
Most affected by the cuts are the departments of Education, Agriculture, Transportation and Housing and Urban Development.Yes, let's cut funding to our already struggling schools, cut funding to those who provide us food, cut funding for new highways, and heaven forbid should you provide housing for the poor. This has to be one of the stupidest ways to fund a pointless war.
