Back in June the House voted a defense spending bill of $ 680 billion for fiscal year 2010 which included $ 130 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Only 22 representatives voted against the spending. I guess both parties are in favor of the continuation of this obscene level of spending, especially when there are so many other pressing needs in this country: like health care reform. We could spend $ 130 billion on health care instead of wars that should not have been fought in the first place or are past the point of winning.
(Source: "How your US lawmakers voted" in The Record on 6/28/09)
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