U.S. Defense Department Can't Account For Billions for Iraq,

Yikes....if they did them all.....yikes just shaking my head....

It is truly mind boggling at the amount of money that just "disappeared" under the Bush administration. But there is nothing new about that. He is just carrying on the GOP tradition which consists of massive military spending, tax breaks for the 1%, and budget cuts everywhere else.

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http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/01/ta_011312.html

Witness pretty much every single nickel of the $150 billion or so spent so far on President Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” pipe dream, which so far has failed to produce any of the myriad scientific breakthroughs necessary for the system to perform even remotely as has been continually promised.

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http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1957.html

By the time Reagan stepped down from the helm, he had expanded the U.S. military budget to a staggering 43% increase over the total expenditure during the height of the Vietnam war. That meant the increase of tens of thousands of troops, more weapons and equipment, not to mention a beefed-up intelligence program.

Throughout President Reagan's two terms (1981-1989), military spending was very high; however, he was able to accomplish it without breaking out into an economic sweat. Reagan's administration managed it while enjoying noticeably positive growth — albeit with massive budget deficits.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/30/u-s-still-spending-billions-on-reagans-star-wars-missile-defense/

Boeing won a $3.48 billion contract Friday to retain its leading role in building a US shield against long-range ballistic missiles, defeating rival Lockheed Martin Corp., officials said Friday.

Lockheed, based in Bethesda, Maryland, had hoped to edge out Boeing, which has been the prime contractor for the anti-missile program since 2001.

The ground-based mid-course missile defense system has had a mixed record on missile tests, with two failures in 2010. The program has also faced cost overruns due to faulty parts, and the Pentagon is now requiring contractors to absorb the cost of defects in the future.

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Info on defense budget from 2001 - 2008 ...

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=125

This table therefore shows: a) the nominal or unadjusted average annual growth rates of the four program areas; b) the growth rates adjusted for inflation; and c) the growth rates adjusted for both inflation and population. We find that:

• Defense and related programs have grown far faster than any other area of the budget, while domestic discretionary programs have grown at the slowest rates.
• Taking inflation and population into account, the defense/security category has grown 27 times as rapidly as domestic discretionary programs.
• The defense/security category also has grown four times as rapidly as all domestic programs combined — a category that includes Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the other entitlements, and the domestic discretionary programs.

Table 3 also shows that revenues have fallen by 1.3 percent of GDP between 2001 and 2008. This is primarily a result of the enactment of large tax cuts in 2001 and 2003.[1]

In combination, the tax cuts and the increases in defense and security-related costs have caused the budget to deteriorate by 3.3 percent of GDP between 2001 and 2008.[2] By contrast, the changes over the same period in alldomestic programs combined — including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid — have cost a little less than 0.6 percent of GDP.

Oh how I love your google abilities and you linky is incredible Mo!!!

And we now face the gov trying to censor everything so we only have access to what big bro wants us too...all in the name of security for us...yea!

Walk'n Dead,

Thank you. If it wasn't for google I would be "lost". There is so much information that I was never aware of and I continually seek to tie in everything I learn and know ... and I try to share it in a coherent way.

I am still trying to wade through "Family of Secrets" by Russ Baker which about the Bush dynasty. I am going to make that a priority in the coming month or so. Basically, we have had a Bush in the White House since 1980 .... and in numerous places of power prior to that.

I always felt that Reagan was just an actor playing the role of President and rarely knew much of what was going on during his 8 years in office.

There is speculation that Jeb Bush could be the GOP nominee this year since the GOP changed their rules in 2010 on their nomination requirements. The very last thing the US and the world needs is another GOP president, but especially a Bush.

We also need to rid ourselves of their cohorts posing as Democrats. We must play the "blame game" and point fingers at the corruption in our government. I see it as our duty as citizens and voters in the US.

cheney?

here: "Halliburtonwatch"

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/about_hal/chronology.html

good link follow the money.