Paying for the National Guard is requiring the diversion of funds that had been intended for capital accounts and technological improvements. We heard last week from the chairman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Committee about his frustrations and the difficulties of funding these measures. I trust that the bipartisan coalition working for improved border security as part of comprehensive immigration reform will hold together to overcome procedural. technical. and budgetary objections. I have already suggested ways to pay for these costly enforcement and security measures. I did so last week in connection with the $1 billion fencing amendment of the Senator from Alabama. After noting the irony of the President signing into law an extension of tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans. I suggested that we end the millionaires tax breaks and direct those revenues to border security. If we want to return to payasyougo budgeting. that is an obvious way to do it.
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