Joint Letter to National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
Posted on 06/18/2010 4:44:43 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
As Congress considers appropriating hundreds of billions of dollars in funding for the Department of Defense, a bipartisan group of legislators today announced an initiative to urge the President’s deficit reduction commission to reduce military spending as part of government efforts to address the budget deficit. At a press conference today, Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA), Ron Paul (R-TX), and Walter Jones (R-NC), along with Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), released a copy of their joint letter to the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and outlined their plans for forcing serious consideration of spending that has long been considered a sacred cow.
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“The four of us strongly believe that unless there is a substantial reduction in American military spending over a ten-year period, close to slightly over a trillion dollars, you simply cannot deal with deficit reduction in a way that is economically and socially responsible,” said Congressman Frank.
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Joint Letter to National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
Checkmate PING!!!
Getting out the popcorn. :-)
bttt
Beautiful, VR. ;)
I wonder if Frank and Paul will meet at Frank’s house for a nice glass of wine and sit by the fire while they study the budget.
Surprised why? Thanks Virginia Ridgerunner.
LLS
"He's supportive of our troops," Bernier said. "He's just saying we should take a look at taking care of our own instead of taking care of the rest of the world."
Yeah, right. These leeches just want money for their own pet projects to keep getting votes from their parasitic voter base. Meanwhile, our troops get the short end of the stick.
Sorry, I should have mentioned where this quote came from. It came from the article in the opening post. It’s the last quote in the article.
At the end of the joint letter, check out who some of the members of the “commission” are with....
“commission” should read” task force.”
Paul in bed with Frank. Heh!
FURP!
;)
Well it will help pay for Paul’s earmarks don’t you know.
Defend this, Paultard...
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