Repub defense budget cutters

Rkmickey at aol.com Rkmickey at aol.com
Thu Jul 22 07:24:33 PDT 1999


On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Michael Pollak wrote:
>Last week the House voted to stop funding on the F-22 becuase it wasn't
>needed. This week they released a report saying the Petagon illegally
>spent money on projects Congress had stopped. (snip))


>Has there arisen a Republican sub-constituency for cutting the
>defense budget? Some gathering of old fashioned fiscal conservatives and
>neo-isolationists, perhaps? So far, I'm all for it.

Could it possibly be the case that the real, die-hard Clinton-hating GOPers have,after six years, come to distrust even the generals Bill C has promoted?

I wouldn't blame them after hearing some of the ass-licking comments they have made about the politicians above them in the chain of command. But whatever the reason, I'm all for it, too.

K.Mickey



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