http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/14/56530.aspx House Democrats are postponing the rollout of their domestic agenda until after the President's Day recess so as to focus more closely on the debate over the non-binding resolution opposing a troop increase in Iraq.  "Congress is poised to senden-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/14/56530.aspx#56608Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:54:06 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:56608retired union man,ibew,americathe fastest growing item in this years budget is $249 billion we pay for interest on the national debt. That figure has grown 35% since 2005. With prospect of budget deficits for years to come these skyrocketing interest costs reflect sad state of government in Washington in 2007. statistics from AARP.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/14/56530.aspx#56648Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:22:07 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:56648Robert Catalano, Salem, ORProbably sixty percent of the budget is related to the military in one way or another. There is the actual military budget, money for veterans pensions and medical care, government research which has military applications and the servicing of the national debt which the large majority comes from past money borrowed to cover debt related to the aforementioned budget items. This is like buying a $600 alarm system for a $100 car. As far as the trade deficit goes, our debt to China and Japan alone has risen from $1 trillion to 2.1 trillion in just five years. Here we are borrowing from the only country who has ever attacked us and one who just twenty years ago was one of our most reviled enemies. That's like borrowing money from your mother-in-law and hoping she never comes to live with you.