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From the AP:

The U.S. Senate on Thursday easily passed a $94.5 billion compromise emergency bill to fund the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and rebuild after last summer's hurricanes, sending it to President George W. Bush

Of this sum, $65.8 billion is to be pissed away in the desert somewhere east or north of Tikrit. $19.8 billion will be marginally better spent on rebuilding areas just in time for the next hurricane season. I love government spending, but a crack-addict dog could better spend our tax dollars. Don't get me wrong, I support our efforts in Afghanistan (I think our money is well spent buying their support) and I believe the federal government should be helping those who were hurt by Hurricane Katrina.

My issue with this spending bill is that the majority of the money goes to Iraq and the money which is spent for the Hurricanes will perpetuate building in hurrican prone areas, most notably areas which are below sea level. Of course, it also adds $94.5 billion to the national debt, which has grown every day that the republicans have controlled Washington. What happened to small government conservatives?