Well Bush spends too much (or allows it), no doubt about it, and prescription drugs is a public policy disaster, along with the failure to deal with subsidizing drug research for Canada, Europe and Japan sucks, via in part Bush's stance that we can't put pressure on the house of cards by allowing drug imports from these suspicious sources, because we might all be poisoned to death. But then we had some wars to wage, and 9-11 and Katrina. Events that we wish were had not happen, happen, and they cost money. Such is life.
All the more reason to reduce spending in order to cover the unforeseen increases. Most of us have to operate a fixed household budget that way! You gotta cut back in some areas in order to cover the hits in other areas. Why should President Bush or a Republican congress excuse themselves from fiscal, balanced budget responsibility. If Boehner will push through spending cuts to scale back the 40% increase over the past 5 years, I will be a true believer in his "fiscal conservatism".