"Gravy Train" loaded with extras

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The Taxpayers for Common Sense recently posted a good article about the "gravy train" that is the Federal military budget (click under "National Security"). TCS points out that the House managed to add quite a few extra projects to the last supplemental bill, including "nearly $1 billioon for 11 C-130 transport planes and $100 million for wing repairs for Navy aircraft". The House also rammed in $2.25 billion for eight C-17 Globemaster cargo planes, one of two eliminated aircraft programs". As for the other "eliminated" aircraft program, the F-22 Raptor, "the Senate quietly deleted $147 million in shut-down costs, keeping the program on life support..." It's good to have TCS keeping an eye on these extra costs...