The most expensive bill in history may benefit fisherman and breeders of tropical fish.
The patriotic sounding bill called U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act was passed by Congress. It includes $96 billion for the Pentagon to play war in Iraq and Afghanistan. But President Bush had to have troops out by Sept 2008.
But wait there’s still 28 billion more dollars!
President Bush appearing in front of cameras said he would veto the bill because there was billions tacked on for pet projects that had nothing to do with the war on terror.
The final version worked out to about $742 million dollars a page a very expensive bill in anyone’s eyes, making it the most expensive in American history says Brian M. Riedl who serves on the budgetary issues board at the Conservative Heritage Foundation.
What are you getting to help fight the war on terror well rather than go through 87 pages times $742 million dollars ill just point out some of the top tools your getting to win the war on terror.
- $5 million dollars distributed to tropical fish breeders that lost fish due to a virus in 2007.
- $60.4 million for the National Marine Fisheries Service, “to be distributed among fishing communities, Indian tribes, individuals, small businesses, including fishermen, fish processors, and related businesses, and other persons for assistance to mitigate the economic and other social effects caused by” a commercial fishery failure.
- $120 million allotted for the shrimp and menhaden fishing industries to cover consequences of Hurricane Katrina.
I would like to be convinced that any of the above-listed monies can fight the war on terror.
