[lbo-talk] Iraq war: breaking past $300b

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Washington Post - April 27, 2006
>
>... "The costs are exceeding even the worst-case scenarios," said Rep. John 
>M. Spratt Jr. (S.C.), the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee. 
>...

I'm astonished to see this -- not the high cost of the war (no surprise 
there) but that a guy by that name could be on House Budget Committee.  Jack 
Spratt could cut no no fat?

Carl