Umm, well.. It is your chart which ignores the final two years of even that.
BTW, the only real increase in Bush's discretionary budget in 2003 relative to GDP was Bush's Homeland Defense expenditures.
Also false on its face. Homeland Security accounts for 1.3% of total outlays as of the most recently proposed budget. That is a doubling of outlays versus the same items in the 2001 budget (Clinton's last). Total non-military discretionary spending amounts to 19.4%+ versus 17.2% of federal outlays in 2001.
That means that Homeland Security amounts for only 0.65% out of a total 2.2% increase in the proportion of non-military non-discretionary spending, which means that non-Homeland Security items account for the remaining 1.55%.
Stated differently, Homeland Security accounts for less than one-third of the 20.8% Bush expansion of non-military real discretionary spending.
Also false on its face. Homeland Security accounts for 1.3% of total outlays as of the most recently proposed budget. That is a doubling of outlays versus the same items in the 2001 budget (Clinton's last). Total non-military discretionary spending amounts to 19.4%+ versus 17.2% of federal outlays in 2001. That means that Homeland Security amounts for only 0.65% out of a total 2.2% increase in the proportion of non-military non-discretionary spending, which means that non-Homeland Security items account for the remaining 1.55%. Stated differently, Homeland Security accounts for Homeland Security accounts for less than one-third of the 20.8% Bush expansion of non-military real discretionary spending.
According to the OMB, discretionary, non-DOD, non homeland defense type spending for FY2002(actual) was 351 billion, for FY2003(enacted) it was 367 billion and for 2004(estimated) it is 374 billion.
If you do the math you will find that the increase from 2002(actual) to 2003(enacted) is 4.5%, and the increase from 2003 enacted to 2004 estimated is 0.2%.
That would be an increase of 4.7% over the two years which is less than the increase in GDP.
You are wrong, your Cato chart is misleading and here is the link to the OMB data -- data that is not filtered through CATO in a misleading manner; Link
The only real increase in Bush's discretionary budget in 2003 relative to GDP was Bush's Homeland Defense expenditures.