2007 Budget Favors Defense

The www.washingtonpost.com/... Washington Post reports that Bush's fiscal year 2007 budget will cut discretionary spending while increasing defense and homeland security funds. The proposed budget would also not include much of the funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the reconstruction in New Orleans. In addition, The White House also has decided to try again to increase passengers' security fees for air travel from $2.50 per flight for nonstop travelers to $5 This would hurt any recovery of airlines by increasing the total cost of flying. It is a tax, but the Bush rhetoric wouln't allow that, so it is always labeled as a 'fee'. I haven't seen the budget proposal or any analysis of the details yet, but it appears that Bush plans to ask for an unacceptable budget once again.