You have a lot of questions and no answers.
Bush has answers.
Spending was rising by 14% when bush arrived. It’s now less than 3 percent growth.
Please know I am laughing at your LOL.
You don't have many answers either.
Bush has answers.
Mostly spending.
Spending was rising by 14% when bush arrived. It’s now less than 3 percent growth.
Why not add in the emergency spending?
The "Emergency" Loophole
The budgetary impact of this "emergency" spending has been enormous. President Bush and Congress spent nearly a year arguing whether to cap fiscal year (FY) 2008 discretionary spending at $933 billion or $955 billion. Congress eventually agreed to the President's $933 billion level—and then both sides agreed to add $257 billion in "emergency" discretionary spending to bring the final 2008 total to $1,190 billion. The remaining $76 billion went toward entitlement programs.[2] Only in dysfunctional Washington will politicians fight for a year to save $22 billion in discretionary spending and then quickly agree to spend $257 billion.
According to this, non-defense, non-homeland security spending rose from $333 billion in 2001 to $446 billion in 2005. That's 6% growth, not 3%. If discretionary non-defense, non-homeland security spending was frozen at $446 billion thru this year, that's still 3.7% growth.
And let's ignore the cost of the new drug benefit, because that's an entitlement. LOL!
Please know I am laughing at your LOL.
And I'm laughing at your poor math skills.