Gee, and I don't suppose that war thing in Iraq and Afganistan has anything to do with the fact that Bush is spending more money.
Don't be silly. The DoD percentage of the GDP is relatively similar to what Clinton(3.5% vs. 4.1) spent during his time in office.
Carter spent more per GDP on the DoD than Bush. If we are at WW3 I would expect at least 5%+ going to the DoD. Thats simply not the case.
Well, those things aside, the you have to admit that the pubbies have been working to be more "compassionate" than "conservative" since we've held both the legislative and executive branches... I think that they've done it to take away a lot of the dems "issues." Of course, the media doesn't give them any "credit."
But lets face it... Congress has been spending money on non-defense programs in a way that gives "drunken sailors" a bad name. More like a teenager who's got daddy's platinum card at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch!
Mark
Ain't just the wars in Iraq and Afganistan where this group of legislators and president are spending my money pal.
Check out the figures and even a blind guy can see enormous spending increases in school spending, transportation as well as pork and nearly every other govt scheme.........
That is not the Reagan or republican way
Less govt is better govt. Now that is a Reagan republican.
Look at non-military discretionary spending. It is through the roof too! Bush (and this "Republican" Congress are some of the biggest spenders DC has ever seen.
They seem to pick and choose the conservative values they will follow. Lower taxes, sure. Lower spending, hell no! And the number of conservative values they choose to follow seems to be decreasing.
I will give them credit for the good they do, lower taxes, national security, judicial appointments. But I'm not going to drink the kool aid and blindly approve of the crap too, illegal immigration, massive spending.
Um . . . no, it actually doesn't.