DOD Budget
...lled for the Marines to be released from the enterprise wide network program. Bush called the bill a down payment on his commitment to give the military the resources needed to defeat terrorism. He also approved $20 billion in emergency supplemental funding passed by Congress after Sept. 11. Also included in the bill is a pay increase of 6.9 percent for military personnel, $61 billion for new weapons and $50 billion for housing development. Most people will think of this bill as a dream. It is the biggest Department of Defense Budget increase ever. It is going up a total of 37 billion dollars. Where is this money coming from though? The Bush administration thinks that this bill will increase military power, and spending. At whose cost is it though? The people of the United States. “The federal government will withhold an average of $1000 per family!” (John Spencer, Washington Post October 24, 2002) At a ceremony of October 23, President Bush went on to describe where the added budget will go, directing it towards new technology, and the advancement of the military. This just goes to show that t...