2007-03-09 11:47:18 · 10 answers · asked by Gunter 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
I believe it's Congress who spends the money, not the President, which, in that case, the answer is 0.
2007-03-09 11:52:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well the budget for this year
defense 466 billion +4%
Medicare 394.5 billion +12.4%
Unemployment and Welfare 367 billion +2%
Medicaid 276.4 billion +2.9%
The only areas where there are cuts is a huge cut in
Energy 1.1 b -47.6%
Foreign Affairs 32.5 b -15.4%
Largest Increaseses are in
Community and Regional Development 26.8b +28.7%
National Debt payments 243.7b +13.4%
And Medicare already listed above.
Largest single item is Social Security 586.1 billion +7%
pluses and minuses are compared to last years budget.
2007-03-09 12:06:48 · answer #2 · answered by sociald 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
think so far the Iraq war is approaching 117 Billion a year.
TANF (welfare) cost about 18 billion.
The guy below has some good numbers, but remember, the Iraq war is not being payed for with the defense budget. It sreally hard to tell excactly what he is really spend because unitl the dems took control congress was not really asking many questions about where the money was going.
2007-03-09 12:05:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Bush does not spend anything, the United States writes the checks. As much as I dislike Bush and his methods of killing industry in the U.S. all he does is write a budget and congress goes through it and make changes until congress and Bush will sign it.
2007-03-11 00:05:58 · answer #4 · answered by allen w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont know about welfare but last year the bastard wasted 400 billion dollars of tax payers money on killing american kids and more importantly foreign innocent poor and economically disadvantaged people , that money could have stopped all starvation in the world and given lots of kids an education but i guess you americans dont want that now do you? youd rather bombfar off countries and export your flavour of democrocapitalism to cultures and societies that do not want it!! if you dont want another 9/11 get into the streets and depose your system of governance as well as your current rulers or else you will all suffer horribly as the people you oppress suffer!!!!
2007-03-09 11:54:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I personnally spend less taxes on the Pursian Gulf war than I spend on going to the movies. And the war is much more entertaining.
2007-03-09 11:53:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nothing. The US Senate controls spending.
2007-03-09 11:50:38 · answer #7 · answered by sjsosullivan 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Teehee.. Bush spends a bunch on war.
http://suitablyflip.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2006budget.jpg
2007-03-09 12:15:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not enough for warfare, and too much on welfare.
2007-03-09 11:58:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I do not know.Lets see,defend our country against the greatest threat to world peace since Hitler or hand out my hard earned tax dollars to illegal immigrants and lazy white trash welfare queens???? Tough one huh????
2007-03-09 11:52:02 · answer #10 · answered by Mr Bellows 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋