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Alright, I'd like to raise a separate question to the Republicans on the board and the Democrats.
For Republicans
In terms of spending moving forward, do you believe that the future military budgets should be based off of a baseline budget that includes the enhanced spending authorized for the War in Iraq and War in Afghanistan? Or should the baseline be one where we remove the spending allocated for Iraq and Afghanistan to find the true number to start with moving forward?
For Democrats
In terms of spending moving forward, do you believe that future domestic discretionary spending budgets should be based off of a baseline budget that includes the enhanced temporary spending authorized by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act? Or should the baseline be one where we remove the spending allocated for ARRA to find the true number to start with moving forward?
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To simplify or clarify a bit of what I mean as a basline and what for.
Most people on the opposite side feel that the specific money pots I'm referencing above need to be cut. My question is, when beginning discussions regarding cuts to either pots spending, should the starting point for cuts be [Current spending including the temporary thing I noted] or [Current spending minus the temporary thing I noted]?
For Republicans
In terms of spending moving forward, do you believe that the future military budgets should be based off of a baseline budget that includes the enhanced spending authorized for the War in Iraq and War in Afghanistan? Or should the baseline be one where we remove the spending allocated for Iraq and Afghanistan to find the true number to start with moving forward?
For Democrats
In terms of spending moving forward, do you believe that future domestic discretionary spending budgets should be based off of a baseline budget that includes the enhanced temporary spending authorized by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act? Or should the baseline be one where we remove the spending allocated for ARRA to find the true number to start with moving forward?
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To simplify or clarify a bit of what I mean as a basline and what for.
Most people on the opposite side feel that the specific money pots I'm referencing above need to be cut. My question is, when beginning discussions regarding cuts to either pots spending, should the starting point for cuts be [Current spending including the temporary thing I noted] or [Current spending minus the temporary thing I noted]?
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