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However, considering the transportation and reorganization factors involved, experts say that the initial costs for setting up AFRICOM will bump up the FY 2008 budget considerably.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: AFRICOM proceeds apace
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Indeed, the only BBA likely to make it through the legislative process and be sent to the states almost certainly will be so watered down that it would become a positive fiscal endangerment itself, setting the stage for future Congresses to balance the budget up with higher taxes.
FORBES: It's Time For The Republicans To Play Budgetary Small Ball
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Setting up deep-water fish farms in the U.S. would require a hefty budget for defending against lawsuits from NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) activists and competing on-shore and near-shore fish farms, as well as paying an army of lobbyists to fend off opposition from states like Alaska and Maine where fishing fleet interests have considerable political pull.
FORBES: Regulatory Uncertainty Drives A Fish Farmer To Foreign Waters