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18 04 2003 5:18AM
Liberal rubbish.
50 04 2003 7:50AM
Facts = liberal rubbish. Lies = conservative heroism.
18 04 200312:18PM
schmelding, dowingba: better settle down, your intelligence is showing through.
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bradley46 03 2003 7:46PM
Billmon has it at $60 billion/year compared to...
* U.S. international aid budget: $7.8 billion
* U.S. Homeland Security Department: $17.5 billion
* Science, space and technology: $20.7 billion
* Natural resources and the environment: $29.5 billion
* Federal grants to state and local governments for education, training and social services: $44.8 billion
* U.S. Department of Education: $46 billion
He's also figured out the ecomomic limits of empire.