Today's New York Daily News reports that Congress has cut the amount of money to be spend in New York City to prevent terrorism. The Department of Homeland Security is cutting transit funding on anti-terrorism from $153 million to $111 million. Money to protect the port of New York City is being cut from $45 million to $33.8 million.
According to the article:
"The Homeland Security Department is trying to duck the blame for the subway part of the insanity, saying that the cut for New York only reflects an overall transit security cut by Congress.
But all Congress did was approve the funding request from the White House, which was down from $400 million to $250 million."
I am totally in favor of any move that will cut government spending. However, when you consider that the first duty of government is to protect its citizens, I am really beginning to wonder about the priorities of this administration. As our budget deficit soars with new spending on healthcare, energy programs, and other non-defense items, we find ourselves the target of a terrorist movement that wants to eliminate us. It we don't successfully deal with the terrorists, the rest won't really matter very much.
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