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Veronique de Rugy & Alex bring to light why the Dem leadership is now pushing the urgancy of the Omnibus spending bill. It’s because it “stuffs the monster”.
The omnibus would provide $410 billion in discretionary spending. That’s $31 billion (or 8 percent) more than the amount contained in the FY2008 versions of these nine appropriations bills, and it’s $19 billion more than Pres. Bush requested for FY2009. Agriculture is scheduled to get $20 billion in spending — $2 billion more than Bush’s request — after getting $26 billion from the stimulus. In fact, according to Sen. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.), if the omnibus bill goes through, most federal agencies would get a 50 percent to 80 percent funding boost between 2009 and 2010, if you include the stimulus funds.
Of course the stimulus part is supposed to be “temporary.” Balls, I say. Balls!
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I suppose if you are going to hire a lot of people you need more money to pay them, right?