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Bush budget puts pinch on domestic spending

" February 6, 2007 - WASHINGTON -- President Bush yesterday proposed deep cuts to federal healthcare, education, and transportation programs, searching for new money in the federal budget to pay for increasingly costly defense programs and the war in Iraq."

U.S. Infrastructure Found to Be in Disrepair

"May 9, 2007 - Airports, roads, rail, bridges and other transit infrastructure are deteriorating across the U.S. because of insufficient investment, according to a report."

It doesn't take a rocket scientist.

Congress Estimates U.S. Will Spend $1 Trillion On Iraq War