Nice try, McCain
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This is a post by NSN Executive Assistant Luis Vertiz
As my fellow commentator Michael Signer noted, Senator John McCain was just speaking on CBS news with Katie Couric. And he was asked how we could pay for the escalation of US troops in Afghanistan. He proposed eliminating earmarks to try to pay for the escalation. However, his failed amendment to the FY 2010 omnibus spending bill, which would have eliminated over 9,000 budgetary earmarks, would have only cut $7 billion dollars from a $410 billion dollar budget.
In his speech, President Obama said he would be candid and tell the American people the total costs of his new Afghanistan policy. He estimated that the cost would be around $30 billion dollars a year. Somebody get McCain an abacus, because $7 billion does not even come close to coming to $30 billion dollars.
As a former 7th grade math teacher, I fully agree with you Luis!
Posted by: jon | December 01, 2009 at 09:23 PM
As a former 7th grade math teacher, I completely agree with you Luis!
Posted by: jon | December 01, 2009 at 09:26 PM
$7B saved....that may not take care of all of the $30 but you have to start somewhere...a billion saved is a billion earned....let's take a reality check
Posted by: Scott | December 02, 2009 at 07:27 PM
$7B saved....that may not take care of all of the $30 but you have to start somewhere...a billion saved is a billion earned....let's take a reality check
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$7B saved....that may not take care of all of the $30 but you have to start somewhere...a billion saved is a billion earned....let's take a reality check
Posted by: evden eve nakliyat | December 08, 2009 at 03:29 AM
As a former 7th grade math teacher, I completely agree with you Luis!
Posted by: haber24 | December 08, 2009 at 08:53 AM
As a former 7th grade math teacher, I completely agree with you Luis!
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As a former 7th grade math teacher, I completely agree with you Luis!
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