What's A Few Dollars?

I could ask what would we do with $100 billion, but what's the point? Cut taxes for the rich, put more money in the coffers of Halliburton, and everybody is happy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President George W. Bush will ask Congress for $99.7 billion for the
Iraq and
Afghanistan wars for the rest of fiscal year 2007 and more than $145 billion for fiscal year 2008, a Bush administration official said on Friday.

The administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said Bush would estimate the costs for the Iraq war at $50 billion for fiscal year 2009. Bush will unveil those numbers when he presents his annual budget to Congress on Monday.

The nearly $100 billion in war spending for 2007 comes on top of $70 billion that Congress already approved, totaling $170 billion and making this year the most expensive yet for the war.

Bush will ask for a hefty infusion of funds for Iraq at a time when his plans to dispatch 21,500 additional troops to the conflict have met with strong objections from many Democrats and some Republicans in Congress. Lawmakers are debating a resolution that would formally state their opposition.

But it all trickles down so we'll all do better.