Homeland Security

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This paper examines how the dollar costs of Bush's plan to fight terrorism and increase homeland security comes to an estimated $111.2 billion which will be shouldered by taxpayers, a fact that has drawn sharp criticism from Democrats and other citizens' groups. It looks at how these expenses are separate from the funds that are now being used in the War against Iraq. It evaluates which resources are needed such as manpower, technology and military costs.

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"President George W. Bush's budget for fiscal year 2004 prioritizes spending for the 22 agencies that form the Department of Homeland Security. While other federal agencies have been held to tight budgets due to federal deficit increases, the President allotted $36.2 billion for Department of Homeland Security. This figure represents a 7.4 percent increase over earlier estimated figures. The final figure includes $26.7 million in discretionary spending (Kulish).

This budget was based on estimates that the Department of Homeland Security would have close to 190,000 full-time employees. Currently, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge says that there are nearly 180,000 workers employed full-time with the department. This includes thousands of federal workers monitoring the bag-checks at airports (Lee)."

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