Fort Leonard Wood and the people who live and work in the region around it are essential if the United States of America is to continue, speakers said Aug. 16
As Congress and President Obama try to devise a fiscal stimulus package, and as the proposed spending for this package has risen from $300 billion to $825 billion, the taxpayers who fund the government's operations are again under assault by the usual crowdof wealthy, influential constituents seeking a piece of what many expect will be massive volumes of new federal spending.