[prairiebreeze]

He maintains that overall discretionary spending will grow at less than four percent and non-security-related spending would rise less than one percent, the smallest such proposed increase in 12 years.

He will propose to make spending limits the law to assure that Congress observes spending discipline. His plan calls for every additional dollar the Congress wants to spend in excess of spending limits must be matched by a dollar in spending cuts elsewhere.

[KantianBurke]

Talk is cheap Dubya particuarly when its near a re-election bid.

[Mulder]

Freedom is not America's gift to the world; freedom is the Almighty God's gift to each person who lives in this world

Yet America is not a Free country.

I wish he would stop bastardizing the word "Freedom".

[GeronL]

Didn't he just ask Congress to pass his $2.7 TRILLION budget??

Wonder how many billions in pork will be added in Congress..

[familyofman]

I missed the part where W said - deficits don't matter. Very biased reporting - must be elite & liberal.

[sully777]

I'll be sure to repeat the President's rhetorical arguments to my children when they grow up to hate the crushing big gov't debt they MUST repay. We'll sit around the table in 2020 and blame it all on the socialists. Sort of like how my parents and I blame today's EPA, ADA, War Powers Act, and price-controls on the socialists.

Of coarse, I'll have to recite Bush's speach to my children in the official langua franca of the USA 2020, a combination of English, Spanish, and Ebonics that merged 2010 to become Spebonics.

What up? Si, we habla dawg. Ayeet? Ayeet!

[Phantom Lord]

He maintains that overall discretionary spending will grow at less than four percent and non-security-related spending would rise less than one percent

Remember, these numbers are in ADDITION to the base line budgeting built in increases.

[Lizavetta]

He began by saying, "One clear signal we need to send to the American people and the markets is we're going to be wise when it comes to the expenditure of the people's money."

Physician, heal thyself.

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for posting this. Thought these anti-Bush types might want to see what Jim had to say on Kurry's thread in the middle of the night my time. I was on FR until until almost 3:00 a.m cst on that thread because I was not on during the day. I considered it important that the Anti-Bush types realize why we are supporting this President so fiercely.

Here is Jim's response on the Thread from late last night:

When the third party Bush bashers start running off the very people I'm trying to attract to FR it's time to draw the line. I'm using FR to support the war effort and I'm behind our commander-in-chief 100% in that regard. And despite some of his policies that I don't like, I still believe that he is a thousand times better for America and for conservatism in the long run that any Democrat. I am not going to stand by and allow a bunch of malcontents attempt to sabotage our efforts here on FR for some third party utopian pipe dream that doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of being successful. Sorry that's just the way it is.

1,430 posted on 02/02/2004 1:37:27 AM CST by Jim Robinson (I don't belong to no organized political party. I'm a Republycan.)

Here is my reason for supporting the President from the same thread:

The thought of Kerry as President is very much of a hot button for me after spending nine miserable months in MA in the 80's. The man and his policies scare me with his adoration of the UN and his hatred of all guns.

I am not in 100% agreement with all proposals of this President, but I do admire him for not doing Executive Orders to make them law. When a President does an Executive Order and it is posted, it takes a long time to overturn them if ever. I am not willing to take that chance on having a liberal from MA be President.

This election is too important to this Nation, to our members of the military who have already given their lives in the pursuit of terrorists, and to the citizens of this Country to turn the White House over to the extremely liberal Senator from MA -- Kerry!

Now you know where I am coming from on the reelection of President Bush and why I will spend every spare moment of my time to help get him reelected. Losing is not an option I even want to contemplate because it is too scarey!

1,447 posted on 02/02/2004 2:40:38 AM CST by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Support Bush-Cheney '04)

[windchime]

More information on the proposed 2005 Budget.

Fact Sheet: President Bush's Fy 2005 Budget

[onedoug]

Dennis Prager addressed this group on Friday evening on "America's Mission in the World", and will be discussing it early on today's show, 9am pst/Noon eastern.

[TruthConquers]

bump for later read

[searchandrecovery]

Spending OPM (Other People's Money) is W's new Alcohol Substitute. What a Buzz!

[WhiteGuy]

Bush Unveils Plan to Restrain Spending....................


You've got to hand it to this guy, what a politician!

Uses his leadership to create the biggest one term spending increase in history, then once the baseline is in place, call for restraint.

As politicians go, this guy has few peers.

[Sabertooth]

[The President] said, "One of the things we've shown the American people is we understand how the economy works. The economy doesn't work by growing government; the economy works by growing people's wallets so they can spend, save or invest."

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He began by saying, "One clear signal we need to send to the American people and the markets is we're going to be wise when it comes to the expenditure of the people's money."

Conservatives have been grumbling about the explosive growth in spending by the Bush administration. Their discontent was exacerbated last week when a new estimate for the prescription drug benefit Bush personally lobbied Congress for might cost $535 billion instead of $400 billion

But, but...

Prescription Drug price tag Triples in just Three Years

[sandydipper]

No one - except government - has ever spent more money than they make? Maybe until the credit card balances catch up - but the premise is to spend less than you make and save a little for old age and your younguns. Neither Republicans nor Democrats seem to get it.

[Swanks]

Horse-n-pony show. They did some polling and the base is pi**ed. But they also think the base is stupid. Just have to fool 'em with a few press releases and some imaginary cuts.

What's a Gov't spending cut these days; 5-7% increase?