Posted on 09/03/2002 12:07:29 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:56:54 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
In the new 2003 federal budget, President George W. Bush proposed $2.01 trillion in spending. While these costs encompass the on-budget scope of the federal government, there is more going on — much more. Federal environmental, safety and health, and economic regulations cost hundreds of billions of dollars every year on top of official federal outlays. The government spends your money to come up with rules that force you to spend more of your money to obey those rules.
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