Loosen up your wallets to fight terror. Perhaps we can have a “Fight Terrorism Bake Sale” to raise funds like Gore did to help wipe the federal deficit. Or maybe we can buy war bonds.
The House signed off Tuesday on a compromise $28.9 billion anti-terrorism package, capping a four-month fight that saw lawmakers heed President Bush’s demands to limit the bill’s cost.
Half the measure’s money was for the stepped-up battle against terrorism that the Pentagon and intelligence agencies have waged since the Sept. 11 attacks. Other recipients included New York’s rebuilding efforts, federal aviation safety programs, local emergency agencies, allies like Afghanistan and the Philippines and a slew of home-district projects won by lawmakers.
I wonder it they will increase the federal cash available to victims of domestic terrorism? Will they also increase the spending on the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, currently .5% of the federal budget? Certainly spending money on possibilities, scenarios, and probabilities is as important as important spending money on the definite, existing, and tangible.