[elpadre]

the devil is in the details. Most of the NEW spending under GB was the new Medicare prescription program and the buildup of the military, the war on terror and Homeland Security. After 9/11 much was needed and I concur with that spent for the protection of the nation.

Today we need to fight a socialist program being installed, and wannabe Marxist president and out of control congress.

direct your attention to the problem at hand!!

[Leisler]

"When we strip away defense, homeland security and entitlements and adjust for inflation, leaving only discretionary domestic spending, George W. Bush has grown the federal government at a faster pace than Lyndon Baines Johnson," Viguerie writes. "His record for profligate spending is outmatched (for the time being) only by another Big Government Republican, Richard Nixon. And when Bush's second term is over, there's every reason to expect that Bush will hold the record as the president who's grown the federal government at its fastest pace in modern times." ( August 03, 2006 )