she asked for an investigation back then. we re talking roughly an aggregate of $20 million. the pentagon theoretically could they have a $534 billion budget, one would think they would be able to find $20 million to cover these bonuses. you and i could easily come up with a solution. here s an easy one? how about quitting rebuilding tanks that the army doesn t want? it s been in the 2016 budget to upgrade the emlin tank. they have repeatedly told congress they don t need them, and you can see why. these are thousands and thousands of tanks in the california desert. we re going to spend $6 million for more tanks. jake? congress, there s your answer. let s bring in susan hailey. she s a retired army sergeant who served in afghanistan and is affected by this. master sergeant, thank you for being with us. you are an intelligence officer in the army.
can check a bag and have this kind of artillery in your bags and it go through. we have that problem, which hasn t improved under this administration although so often complaining about the previous one. speaking of this administration there you go. and its ongoing problems, the cbo released new numbers of the cost of health care reform, $115 billion is the greater cost of discretionary spending. so now we know health care reform is going to raise costs, raise the deficit, raise the debt and lower quality. that s what i call winning reform, winning for conservatives in the fall, that is. ahh, really? i have something for you, mary. this is a story dated february 9th, 2005 from the washington post. guess what? in september of 2004, the bush administration said the prescription drug bill was going to cost $534 billion. five months later the bush