It seems that some people still don’t understand this budget, so it will be necessary to explain it away more extensively. This is, or should be, a bipartisan budget. It is a democratic budget for the Republic. It is democratic because it is opposed to the tyranny of Medicare, Medicaid, the Job Corps, farm price supports, college student aid, veterans’ health care, rural electrification subsidies, the Small Business Administration and the Legal Services Corporation. It attempts to remove constraints from mass transit, such as funding.

The largest part of this budget is still payoffs to individuals: 41% of the total goes to Social Security and other Welfare Chiselers. This expenditure, which is an offense, dwarfs the Defense section of the budget, which is only 29%. The purpose of this budget item is to transform the military-industrial complex into an arsenal of democracy. A great deal of this particular expense is not Truly Military but correlates to a party we are throwing in Geneva. A party is not a party without chips, and we need some MX chips to get our guests in the right mood. Remember: When outlaws are outgunned, only in-laws will have guns.

The Strategic Defense Initiative is not a chip, in addition to not being Star Wars. It is the Way to Save the World. Mutual Assured Destruction is MAD. It’s just common sense to construct a security shield that will save most of our people. That’s Real National Security, and therefore no details can be released. In any case, there are no details.

Some people complain about the size of the military expenditures. But that decision is made in Moscow, not in Washington. There is an unpresented military buildup in the Soviet Union. Also, you might be interested to know that the Scriptures are on our side on this. Of course, they are on anyone’s side on anything.