Defense Spending
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Budgeting With John McCain
Via Chris Bowers, McCain's top economic advisor says defense budget cuts could pay for endless tax cuts. Meanwhile, in Foreign Affairs McCain calls for increased Defense Spending to make his agenda of endless war feasible: Along with more... Full Article At The Atlantic - Matthew Yglesias
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McCain to Cut Defense Spending?
According a Forbes article , McCain's economic advisor suggests that he will pay for a corporate tax cut by cutting Defense Spending: McCain's top economic adviser, Doug Holtz-Eakin, blithely supposes that cuts in ... Full Article At Open Left
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Forbes: McCain Will Cut Defense Spending To Cover Corporate Tax Cuts
The problem with campaigns is they can only voice oversimplified soundbites. Today's challenges are serious and require long-term solutions. Both candidates need to tap thoughtful private-sector sources like CEOs. What's required is new thinking and brave policies. McCain's top economic... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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McCain: Pay For Corporate Tax Cut With Defense Cuts
These people are insane. Not only do they want to cut taxes for big corporations like the Energy companies, but the way they think we should make up for it is to cut Defense Spending? Even the... Full Article At Oliver Willis
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Four at Four: At least it's not Monday.
Hey all. At least it's not Monday. Freep: WCCC students share concerns with Obama. Said one student: ""I wanted to hear how he was planning to lowering the cost of tuition, because $16,000 a year is a lot." MichMess: ... Full Article At Michigan Liberal
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Obama on Defense Spending
One of my long-standing suspicions about Barack Obama has been that he thinks our spending on defense is excessive, and could be restrained so that we'd have more money to spend domestic social programs. Of course, a lot of Democrats make this... Full Article At American Spectator Blog
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Earmarks Unrelated to Campaign Contributions, Earmark Recipients Claim
In the Denver Post, Anne C. Mulkern reports on the earmarks of Rep. Doug Lamborn and finds one of those "only in Washington" wordings that make the head spin: Lamborn made seven requests for projects... Full Article At Sunlight Foundation
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Defense spending takes the cake
Defense Spending takes the cake Carroll County Times (subscription), MD - 8 hours ago Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., secured funding for 31 defense projects; Rep. ... Full Article At Google News
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How not to show support for the troops
The Senate has already passed a Defense Spending bill with billions of additional dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and with the House poised to take up the measure, the president devoted... Full Article At The Carpetbagger Report
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Earmarked for profits - Allentown Morning Call
Last year's Defense Spending bill came with a lucrative gift for Reading-based Fidelity Technologies. Without having to compete, the firm was awarded a $3.2 million Pentagon contract. Instrumental in the decision was U.S. Rep. ... Full Article At Live Search News
Oversight Committee Targets Fraudulent Defense Contracts
Oversight Committee Targets Fraudulent Defense Contracts BuzzFlash, IL - 1 hour ago Henry Waxman (D-CA) said, "The Inspector General reviewed approximately $8.2 billion in ... Full Article At Google News
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Pentagon's top investigator to resign after a year on job
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon's inspector general is resigning after just over a year in the job and at a time when Defense Spending has skyrocketed but personnel shortfalls in the oversight office have strained its ability to probe allegations... Full Article At Boston Globe (National)
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Pentagon's top investigator to resign
WASHINGTON---- The Pentagon's inspector general is resigning after just over a year in the job and at a time when Defense Spending has skyrocketed but personnel shortfalls in the oversight office have strained its ability to probe allegations... Full Article At Chicago Sun-Times
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Robert Kelly: Spending on entitlements spirals ever higher - Eagle-Tribune
Public debt has been rising since the 1960s; Defense Spending as a percent of all federal spending, declining. Conclusion: Defense Spending is not the reason for continuing federal deficits... Full Article At Live Search News