In reference to Bush’s budget for 2009 Cato-at-Libery writes:

And in a continuation of dishonest accounting for the “Global War on Terror,” the budget includes no funding for years after 2009. The GWOT cost roughly $200 billion in both FY2007 and FY2008, funded through “emergency supplementals.” In the new budget, the administration includes just $70 billion for the GWOT in FY2009, when in fact the cost will be likely much higher. The bottom line is that the FY2009 deficit will be well over $500 billion, not the $407 billion that the administration claims.

This kind of thing bothers me. Bush should have the integrity to report in the budge the cost of the war instead of relying on supplemental packages being passed later on. Given that its his last year in office I can’t even see what it costs him to be honest about the cost of the war this year. Thats annoying.

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