European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Age 8 the stars and stripes tuesday february 5,1991 fiscal �?T92 Budge Congress gets $1.45 trillion budget from Page 1 request  weeks to cover costs of the fighting. White House budget director Richard Darman said the administration Hopes the . Costs will not go much higher than $15 billion. Darman said the bulk of the fighting should be financed by . Allies but that Assumption like Many of the others in the budget is Certano. To be questioned in Congress. The lawmakers Are also Likely to make major changes in the presidents spending blueprint. Like last year All the budget material is included in a single Book. This years version features a patriotic red White and Blue cover on. The 2,029-Page Tome which weighs in at 7 pounds. The administration Laid the blame for the recession and the Csc lating budget deficit at the door of iraqi president Saddam Hussein. A the longest peacetime expansion was interrupted by the Oil Shock following iraqis invasion of Kuwait a said the presidents chief economist Michael Boskin in a budget briefing. In his budget message Bush conceded that the Economy was in a slump but he said a we can however return to growth soon a and proceed on the path to a new Era of  the administration did not propose any tax increases to help narrow the deficit but instead called for a tax Cut in capital gains the profits earned from the Sale of investments. This proposal stirred heated controversy and was rejected Over the past two years with democrats calling it a Giveaway to the Rich. The administration also proposed allowing penalty free withdrawals from individual retirement accounts for first time Home buyers and the creation of a new tax free family savings plan both ideas rejected by Congress in last years budget. In a reprise of the a new federalism proposals put Forward by presidents Reagan and Nixon the administration provided a laundry list of $21 billion in Federal programs that it said could be turned Over to the states along with the Money to pay for them. The list included everything from Aid to Public libraries to sewage construction Grants. The president said he hoped Congress would select at least $15 billion in programs from this target list for turnover. The proposal to place the programs under state direction a moves Power and decision making closer to the people a Bush said. A a a. A. A a a a a. A a speaking monday to a group of governors Bush said critics who dismiss his Effort As a warmed Over federalism miss the Point. A the Point is that you Are on the problem solving Edge of this equation a Bush told the governors. A. Summarizing the budget the administration said it was proposing spending increases of $17.8 billion for 250 separate government programs and spending cuts of $8.3 billion for another 109 programs. It proposed total elimination for Arioth or 238 mostly Small government programs including Federal support for cleaning up Asbestos contamination in schools. The eliminations would translate into $4.6 billion in savings. A the amount however pales in comparison to the deficit figures. The administration blamed the flood of red Ink on the recession and on the huge Cost of rescuing insolvent Banks and savings and Loans. Darman pegged $105.5 billion of the 1991 deficit increase on the financial system bailout and said another $87 billion was caused by falling government receipts caused primarily to the recession. In his budget message the president conceded that the longest peacetime economic expansion in history had been a temporarily interrupted a but he contended that his budget proposals would enhance the chances for future growth by increasing investments for education re search and development and the country a transportation system. A the priority investments embodied in this budget will help America prepare for the requirements and opportunities presented by a rapidly changing world a bus said. A a a it v / it a a a a a a a the 1992 budget Calls for government spending of $1,446 trillion a 2.6 percent increase Over the current fiscal Vear. That Means the Overall increase will not keep up with inflation which the budget predicted would run at an annual rate of 4.3 percent this year. Government revenues Are projected to total $1,165 trillion with the shortfall representing the $280.9 billion deficit projected for 1992. Among the details of the 1992 budget a savings of $25.3 billion in the medicare health program Over five years with most of the savings coming by reducing payments to doctors and hospitals. A projected spending of $88.1 billion for bailing out insolvent Banks and savings and Loans Down from an estimated Cost of $111.5 billion this year. A an 11 percent increase to $11.7 billion for the War on drugs. Programs that provide health care for women and Young children and that help Public housing tenants buy their Homes also would get More Money. Department of defense budget authority for fy92 Dod from Page 1 _ total Federal budget will be about 18 percent a the  figures have been since 1939, Cheney said. Many of the assumptions that drive the Long Range budget arc based Tui the continued demilitarization of the soviet Union and Moscow withdrawal from Eastern Europe Cheney said. A a a a a a we Are shifting from  Structure that is based on the Assumption that our no. 1 requirement was to be prepared for Short warning global conflict with the soviets a Cheney said. A the plan we re submitting takes us Down the Good news Road based on All the positive trends of the past two years. A but i will raise with Congress the possibility that there could be intervening developments that would Lead us to conclude that its not Safe to go Down to spending Only 3.6 percent of our Gnu on defense a he said. In the Short run however the War in the persian Gulf is expected to ignite one of the most contentious budget. Battles in years. The decision to exclude costs of operation desert storm from the budget request is certain to complicate that Pattle. Pentagon officials will seek supplemental appropriations from Congress to finance the War but military officials acknowledged that Many of those costs May be difficult to separate from the regular budget. A a it a possible that some of the program decisions in the budget will have to be adjusted in the aftermath of the Gulf crisis a one Pentagon official said. The War also will spark debate about which weapons will be needed Quot As the / military focus shifts from Europe to third world flashpoints. A the conflict will make it possible to come up with credible arguments both for and against just about any military system a a Senate staff member said. For example. Star wars a advocates of the strategic defense initiative including president Bush have Sci Eclon the Success of the Patriot missile against iraqis scud mis Siles to argue for More spending on a scaled Down version of ski. _ critics of a Star wars a meanwhile say the Patriot has proved Only that it can shoot Down an unreliable con vent Iona missile that uses outdated technology. B-2 bomber a a supporters of the b-2 say the performance of the f-117a fighter bomber in the persian  the usefulness of stealth technology. Congress has authorized the production of 15 operational b-2s and three More for testing. Critics say the b-2, originally  penetrate soviet airspace in a nuclear conflict is unnecessary for the kinds of wars that the United states is Likely to fight in coming years. In the end the massive Federal deficit probably will curb those who would use the Gulf War to keep defense. Spending High. A thu simple fact is that the Money just Isnit there a department of defense cancelled Quot a weapons savings in billions fy92�?97 a Bradley fighting vehicle a Trident submarine  Btf-.14d remanufacture w a-12 k f-16 end of fy93 a peacekeeper missiles 2.4 4.2 14.8 22.2 15.4 2.9 v department of defense budget authority by component current $ in billions fy90 fy91 fy92 fy93 army _ _ _ 78.5 72.4 71.1 67.7 Navy 100.0 92.2 91.6 92.5 air Force 92.9 82.7 86.5 91.4 defense agencies defense wide 21.7 25.7 29.1 26.3total 293.0 273.0 278.3 277.9 the Senate staffer said. A a it a going to be Tough enough just settling the Bill for desert  of the biggest items in the budget is $4.6 billion for a revamped ski program and $5 billion More in fiscal 1993. This comes just months after Congress slashed the fiscal 1991 request of $4.5 billion to $2.9 billion the new ski strategy is dubbed goals for a global Protection against limited  it would reduce to lies scope of what was conceived As an expansive system of exotic space based weaponry designed to kill soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles. Instead goals represents a More modest space based and surface based system to defend . Forces a overseas . Allies and the United states from a accidental unauthorized or limited ballistic missile strikes a according to the Pentagon. / a a despite the recent crackdown in the Baltic changes in the soviet Union apparently have convinced Pentagon officials that cuts can be made in some . Strategic forces. The Pentagon will begin retiring older minuteman ii intercontinental ballistic missiles and Poseidon Summa military personnel $78,0 operations maintenance $86.5 family housing $3.6 military construction $4.5 research amp development $39.9 procurement $63.4 current $ in billions fy90 .fy91 fy92 fy93 military personnel 78.9 79.0 78.0 77.5 operations amp maintenance "88.3 86.0 86.5 84.7 procurement 81.4 64.1 63.4 66.7 research amp development 36.5 34.6 39.9 41.0 military construction 5.1 5.0 4.5 3.7 family housing a a 3.1 3.3 3.6 3.6 other -0.3 1.0 2.3 0.7 total Money not spent 293.0 273.0 278.3 277.9 a amps Susan Harris source department of defense wite no More Trident subs will be purchased b Pond the 18th boat approved in the fiscal 1991 budget. Uteg a Force shrink through retire ment of a Model b-52s and the Transfer of some full to tactical use. .lpc5e"ej pro pm ses to halt production of the my i funding for the program to base some it those missiles on Railroad cars. A in the other hand the fiscal 1992 budget include Flor its 28 Triden h missiles of launched nuclear weapon.31106 Cruse m is Les an Ai Ini Cheney recommends Cance Ini pc Orius no i 5� Bradley fighting vehicle and Hal tactical fighter development on the Navy Advance year t0 halt production. U systems As the f-14d and f-15e fighters the Ai 64 helicopter and the m1a1 tank. 1, ?nygulfhfrweaf0ns Are eing relied on in to stroked a me flu undoubtedly be d pro Duc in