Dont for a second think that Congress wont sink your tax dollars into infrastructure projects! In the proposed 2015 Defense budget, for instance, theres $69 million of your bucks embedded to build yet another prison at Guantanamo, this one for only 15 high value prisoners and Ill be shocked if it doesnt go through. You want infrastructure funds for schools, highways, dams etc., think again, but on the crucial stuff Congress has your back. Tom The proposed price of an exclusive new prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, rose by $20 million in a year because designers added meeting rooms and a medical clinic for 15 former CIA captives, including accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed, a military spokesman saidMonday. Last year, the military estimated it would cost $49 million to build a new Camp 7, Guantanamos name for its clandestine high-value detainee lockup. Last week, the U.S. House Armed Services Committee earmarked $69 million in its proposed budget for 2015 Defense Department spending to build the new prison. Read more here: mcclatchydc/2014/05/12/227251/price-for-new-prison-at-guantanamo.html#storylink=cpy mcclatchydc/2014/05/12/227251/price-for-new-prison-at-guantanamo.html
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 12:44:16 +0000
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