G.W. doesn't have to veto. Conservatives control the house and senate.
However, if the non-military spending is so enormous,which it is, why is there so much whining about spending cuts for veterans, education,etc?
Where is all the non-military spending going?
Senate Republicans (of whom very few are conservatives) have the slimmest of majorities. If you think that GOP control of Congress automatically equates with spending control you haven't been paying attention.
Where is all the non-military spending going?
Did you not read the article? If not, here are some excerpts:
"First there was the enactment of the President's education bill, No Child Left Behind. .......in four years, President Bush increased spending at the Department of Education by 98.6 percent. However, instead of being ashamed, Republicans see the increase as an accomplishment."
"Then, there was the farm bill. This bill is best characterized as a bipartisan orgy of special interest politics. ........the budget of the Department of Agriculture is up 40 percent.
"Finally, the Republicans are responsible for the biggest expansion in Medicare since 1965."
$15 billion for African AIDS anyone? The deep-pocketed dictators on the dark continent sure appreciate it.
Because its exactly that whining. Both have seen tremendous increases.
What Republican politicians will never understand is that no matter how much you increase spending its still not enough for the whiners.
VA increases is justified, however