[aft_lizard]

Look at the fourth chart. He's been increasing non-defense non-homeland security discretionary spending 2.8 times faster than under Clinton.>>>>>


Once again keyword, NON-discretionary. discretionary and non-discretionary are two seperate things

[eraser2005]

Once again keyword, NON-discretionary. discretionary and non-discretionary are two seperate things

Umm... he said non-defense DISCRETIONARY, not non-discretionary. From Table 8.7 of the OMB's historical budget data: year: non-defense discretionary spending : % increase ---------------------------------------------------- 1999: 296.525B : 5.20% 2000: 319.870B : 7.87% 2001: 343.258B : 7.31% 2002: 385.383B : 12.27% 2003: 420.466B : 9.10% 2004: 441.365B : 4.97% 2005: 501.261B : 13.57% It would be interesting to see how he cooked the books to make this look like he's done something positive...

[eraser2005]

sorry for the bad formatting... lets try again
Once again keyword, NON-discretionary. discretionary and non-discretionary are two seperate things

Umm... he said non-defense DISCRETIONARY, not non-discretionary.

From Table 8.7 of the OMB's historical budget data:

year: non-defense discretionary spending : % increase
----------------------------------------------------
1999: 296.525B : 5.20%
2000: 319.870B : 7.87%
2001: 343.258B : 7.31%
2002: 385.383B : 12.27%
2003: 420.466B : 9.10%
2004: 441.365B : 4.97%
2005: 501.261B : 13.57%

It would be interesting to see how he cooked the books to make this look like he's done something positive...