Inflation

When the Pentagon opened the latest bill from Haliburton, America's company, for services in Iraq, they may have been surprised to see that it increased a billion dollars for the same services they provided last year.

Or perhaps they weren't surprised. For what's a billion dollars? Especially when someone else is paying. And when it will ultimately benefit the glorious Vice-President and his deferred compensation.

Next year, make it two billion extra.