i thought cutting was the goal?

[Danzig]

what i put in the initial post was from an article in today's paper; here's a link to msnbc's take on it..

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43688283...ime-austerity/

House boosts military budget in time of austerity (poor choice of words, this is no example of an austere appropriations bill!)
Measure includes $119 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan


On a 336-87 vote Friday, the Republican-controlled House overwhelmingly backed a $649 billion defense spending bill that boosts the Defense Department budget by $17 billion. The strong bipartisan embrace of the measure came as White House and congressional negotiators face an Aug. 2 deadline on agreeing to trillions of dollars in federal spending cuts and raising the borrowing limit so the U.S. does not default on debt payments.

While House Republican leaders agreed to slash billions from the proposed budgets for other agencies, hitting food aid for low-income women, health research, energy efficiency and much more, the military budget is the only one that would see a double-digit increase in its account beginning Oct. 1.


what asinine bullsh!t. does anyone here know that we outspend china six times over? russia? that 43% of military spending in the world is by us? that probably will increase with this bill. absolutely ridiculous. and what has that spending gotten us?? we can't even win a fukking war in afganistan with all these billions-so what's the point??