>>>Don't go there. Mike, it smacks of questioning my patriotism.
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>>I'm trying to do the opposite.
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>>I'm questioning whether or not your enthusiasm for our policy is blinding the reality of its costs.
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>>It seems to me we're in this for a while, long enough to put the hurt on our already critically injured budget situation before the military spending is freed up to spend at home again.
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>OK, perhaps I overreacted, my apologies. Lotsa stress down here in the Wombat household.
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>Yes, I'm well aware of the costs, and it concerns me greatly. That's one of the reasons I'm pretty cranked at the GOP right now - an awful lot of money is being earmarked for non-critical spending. I wish I had time to sit down with the 15-lb budget and a couple highlighters, but unfortunately, nobody pays me to do that kind of research. Pity.


I think all legislation should be created and maintained on a wiki.

Then you'd have your chance.

What do you think?