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I can paper over the cracks for a while, maybe even maintain a facade of affluence, by robbing Peter to pay Paul. 'How much time do we have?' Harris asked.

'There's a limit to how hard we can squeeze the planetary economies, but without more income, we can't maintain our BLS expenditures and produce a military powerful enough to hold what we've got.' 'And for the revenues it would generate,' Frankel added in a gloomy tone. We simply failed to make sufficient allowance for the expenses involved.' 'The basic plan remains sound, and it's not as if we have any other choice now. 'Let's face it-the DuQuesene Plan hasn't proved the answer we thought it would.' 'We're not going to achieve anything by calling names and pointing fingers,' he said more mildly. He let the stillness linger a moment, then leaned back and sighed. 'That's enough!' President Harris slammed his hand down on the table and glared at them all in the shocked silence. 'Those BLS increases are all that's keeping the mob in check! They supported the wars to support their standard of living, and if we don't-' 'Oh, that's a wonderful idea!' Frankel snarled. If we could just get those useless drones off our backs, even for a few years-' We've got to tell the Dolists that any trough has a bottom and get them to stop swilling long enough to get our feet back under us. It's the increases in the Basic Living Stipend. Frankel,' the CNO added, not sounding particularly respectful, 'it isn't the Fleet budget that's breaking the bank. 'Perhaps not just now,' Admiral Parnell said bleakly, 'but if we get tied down elsewhere or any large-scale revolt breaks out, some of them are going to be tempted into trying a smash and grab. 'Certainly they're arming-I would be, too, in their place-but none of them are strong enough to take us on.' The Secretary for Foreign Affairs rubbed his pencil-thin mustache and frowned at her. 'I think you're overreacting, Elaine,' Ronald Bergren put in. It's only a matter of time until one of them jumps us.'

At least a third of the occupied planets still have crackpot `liberation' groups, and even if they didn't, everyone on our borders is arming to the teeth. 'If we don't keep adding them,' Elaine Dumarest broke in sharply, 'the wheels come off. We can't keep adding ships this way without-' 'The last three quarters all confirm the projection, Sid.' He glowered sideways at his military colleague. He shuffled through his memo chips and made himself meet the president's eyes. 'I'm afraid so,' Secretary Frankel said unhappily. 'Are you serious?' President Harris demanded. The secretary of the economy looked away uncomfortably, but the secretary of war and her uniformed subordinates were almost defiant. The ticking of the conference room's antique clock was deafening as the Hereditary President of the People's Republic of Haven stared at his military cabinet.

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