Bush unveils $2.4 trillion budget

Sac Bee ^ | 2/2/2004 | Martin Crutsinger - AP

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush sent Congress a $2.4 trillion election-year budget on Monday featuring big increases for defense and homeland security but also a record $521 billion deficit.

To battle the soaring deficits, Bush proposed squeezing scores of government programs and sought outright spending cuts in seven of 16 Cabinet-level agencies. The Agriculture Department and the Environmental Protection Agency were targeted for the biggest reductions.

[MJY1288]

This thread will not be invaded by the Bush Bashers

[Huck]

administration forecasts

Hilarious. How's that Medicare forecast coming along? I heard it was revised recently.

[MJY1288]

Oops, I spoke too soon

[kitkat]

BUMP for locating

[Solson]

Of course it will... they can't help themselves. They treat Bush worse than they treated Clinton. This shouldn't surprise any of us...they want Kerry to win.

[hoosiermama]

bump back at cha~

[Miss Marple]

A 49.2 per cent reduction for GSA? That is a whopping reduction! I wonder how they are going to do that.

I wish I had the list of people who mocked me last week when I said that the increase in certain programs (like the NEA) would be made up with cuts in other areas.

I am sure they won't show up on this thread, though.

[MJY1288]

I guess it's back to DU and regroup time for them

[Quick1]

Who's going to pay for all of this?

That's right, we are. Someone please explain to me how spend and spend is any less liberal than tax and spend?

[templar]

The president's budget, featuring a line drawing of the White House in forest green on the cover,...

Green ... the color of money. Intentional symbolism?

[Hank Rearden]

President Bush sent Congress a $2.4 trillion election-year budget on Monday featuring big increases for defense and homeland security but also a record $521 billion deficit.

I feel safer and freer already.

[Moonman62]

I wish I had the list of people who mocked me last week when I said that the increase in certain programs (like the NEA) would be made up with cuts in other areas.

I wasn't one of the ones to mock you, but a few meaningless, symbolic cuts aren't going to do much good when the deficit is a half trillion dollars. Why hasn't GWB been using offsetting cuts all along?

[stljoe71]

Personally I would love to see Kerry win with one big if.

I would love to see him win if Bush lost because the constitution and libertarian party got say 10% of the vote between them and the various flavors of republicans got the message that perhaps they should change their behavior if they want to win.

[Hank Rearden]

Bingo. You have it exactly correct. Those of us who refuse to vote for Big Stupid Government politicians of any stripe are voting our principles and sending a message: "You are not good enough to lead a theoretically-free country."

The Socialist Party didn't get anybody elected, but the 'Rats put their platform in place anyway. It can work the other way, too.

[apackof2]

Its not that cuts in other programs makes the increase to the in money to NEA ok
Its that ANY money went to a tax funded program that gives money for "art" like a crucifix in a jar of urine called "piss christ" or for "performance artisits" to use a crucifix to masturbate

Not to mention how much more this will cost you and me

had re-estimated the 10-year cost of the newly enacted Medicare prescription drug benefit program at $534 billion, far above the $400 billion figure Congress used in passing the measure two months ago.

I have said this before and I will said it again

Mr. President please stop spending my money!!!!!!!!!

[Owen]

>
I would love to see him win if Bush lost because the constitution and libertarian party got say 10% of the vote between them
>

Why do not these parties control 10% of the seats in Congress, or even state legislatures? Why is not that their EXCLUSIVE goal, since until that is achieved, there is no point squandering donor money on higher office? Answer: Because the people involved do not care about the party they are supposedly supporting. They care only about their own personal egos.

[NormsRevenge]

Suited up and playing Left Wing for the Liberal Maniacs...

Jocelyne Leger
The Orange County Register

[stljoe71]

And the irony here is that the democrats are acting as the influential third party right now and the republicans are busy adopting their agenda.

Campaign finance reform
Socializing airline workers
Prescription drugs
Increased NEA funding
Increased federal education spending

Thats just off the top of my head. I am sure there are others.

[Willie Green]

Other programs that would receive boosts in Bush's budget include,,,
...an $18 million increase for the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Corps of Engineers, builder of dams and other water projects favored by members of Congress, would see its budget reduced by 13.1 percent under Bush's proposal.

So our inland waterway infrastructure has a lower national priority than excrement masquerading as "art"???

Good grief.