Boston Globe Editorial: Money for war, but not much else

[Kathy in Cambridge]

I think the author, Derrick Jackson, puts the $87 Billion in perspective. Our basic way of life is suffering and being de-funded at every turn.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/09/10/money_for_war_but_not_much_else/

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The $83 billion a year average for Iraq dwarfs the $60 billion Bush spent on American education in fiscal 2003, even as his Leave No Child Behind program is already in tatters, so poorly funded that few children in failing schools can actually transfer to a better school.

Bush says he wants $83 billion a year to give Iraq a jump start, but for Head Start, Bush's fellow Republicans never find the resolve to fully fund it. The current budget of $6.5 billion reaches only 60 percent of low-income preschoolers.

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[StopTheMorans]

1. creeping fascism

bankrupting the social programs, increasing military spending, making the rich richer: all reasons to vote against * in the next election.