[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...

[MNJohnnie]

Nope. You are knowingly misquoting him.