Bush Will Seek $87 Billion for Iraq

Reuters via Washington Post ^ | 9-7-03

[dogbyte12]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush will announce on Sunday night that he plans to ask Congress for $87 billion to fund the U.S. military deployment in Iraq and pay for reconstruction, a Republican source said.

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the money would fund U.S. military operations in Iraq and reconstruction over the coming budget year.

The figure includes assistance for Afghanistan. Bush was to make the request in an 8:30 p.m. EDT address to the nation, the source said.

The figure was at the high end of expectations. Some members of Congress said earlier they expected Bush to get what he asked for but wanted him to detail how long U.S. troops would remain in Iraq and outline a strategy for bringing them home. (snip)

[Senator Pardek]

Why not 86? Why not 88?

[StatesEnemy]

Odd numbers are more palatable.

[ambrose]

Is that all? Well, 86 billion less for new welfare and mediscare programs... oh way, we'll just run up deficits and have BOTH!

[Vis Numar]

We're already $598 billion in the hole for this year... Another $87 billion on top of that?

Does this man have any concept of money whatsoever?

[FreeAtlanta]

hmmmmm, another anonomous source. Let me know if he actually asks for this. I am getting the feeling that a lot of garbage is being put out by the left, in the name of this mysterious "Republican Source."

[THEUPMAN]

That's exactly what he said. 87 billion...

[billbears]

Does this man have any concept of money whatsoever?

Short answer? No. I heard it on Fox right before he started to talk, something around 60 billion for day to day operations and another 20 billion for something else. But who cares? It's just 'paperwork' to the administration now. God only knows how we're going to pay for it...

[StatesEnemy]

God only knows how we're going to pay for it...

LOL.... Somehow Neocons only ask those questions on domestic spending.

[Archangelsk]

$87,000,000,000

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Hell, I'm good for a billion. Who do I write the check out to?

[zacyak]

Does this man have any concept of money whatsoever?

Apparently not.

[af_vet_1981]

God only knows how we're going to pay for it

Don't you trust him ?

[billbears]

LOL!! I quit watching after halfway through. After calling Islam a religion of peace and spouting the WMD crap again, I just couldn't take it.

[Djarum]

Can I have $87 billion? I've spent my allowance but I want to go to war tonight.

[dogbyte12]

$87 billion is over $300 for every man woman and child in the country. I wonder when parents should break the news to their young children that they are going to work an extra few years to pay for this.

$87 billion here, $87 billion there, and you are starting to talk about real money.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

over $300 for every man woman and child in the country. I wonder when parents should break the news to their young children that they are going to work an extra few years to pay for this

A few extra years for $300? Man, I'd heard that employers were getting stingy about pay, but I never thought it had gotten that bad.

[rmmcdaniell]

Does this man have any concept of money whatsoever?

You think its bad now? We're going to really bend over next year as Bush offers the "Republican alternative" to whatever new entitlment(s) the rat nominee campaigns on.

[jwalsh07]

Does this man have any concept of money whatsoever?

Sure, he also has the concept of Americans jumping out of windows from the 87th floor down pat and the trillion dollar hit the economy took from 9/11.

The CIC has drawn the jihadists into the free fire zone of Iraq and you want us to quit and run now? Kill'em all and if it costs money to do that, that's the price we pay.

Hopefully, in his next budget he will spend some more by re-establishing two of the lost divisions that the Army requires.

[Bella]

He really thinks we're stupid..basically said to bend over because here it comes!