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$515.4 billion for the Department of Defense’s (DOD's) base budget—a nearly 74-percent increase over 2001.

That is nearly a 7% increase from last year's military spending yet Medicare, health care for the elderly, is expected to be cut from 7% to 5% in the next five years. We cannot reasonably expect to pour the amount of funds that we are as a country into our military budget while refusing to look at the inadequate amount of funding supporting programs vital to our society as a country.

Maximilian Harmon (21) Tue Dec 09 07:22:11 +0000 2008