Spirit of America, What About $87 Billion
by Edge
Tue Apr 13, 2004 at 11:28:15 AM PDT
As I was reading Kevin Drum today at Washington Monthly, I noticed his top blogad is for Spirit of America. I've seen their ads before, but I clicked on it to read more about them today.
I must confess I was confused. While I've seen sites set up to send food and personal items to troops serving in Iraq, this site seems relatively run by the 1st Marine Division. It also seems to be asking for money in order to purchase items such as:
$570 provides carpenter tools for an Iraqi work crew.
$325 provides school supplies for a classroom and its students.
$100 buys supplies for 15 students.
Why exactly does the military need contributions from civilians when Congress has authorized expenditures exceeding $100 billion for our occupation?
Am I missing something here?
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