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Federal discretionary, non DOD spending in constant FY2000 dollars, as taken from the Budget of the US Government, historical tables listed on the White House website here.

FY       Original dollars    Adjusted to FY2000 dollars    
2001     343B                335B
2002     385B                367B
2003     421B                390B
2004     441B                396B
2005     475B                410B
2006     500B                418B (estimated)
2007     505B                412B (proposed)

Add to that the prescription drug handout which will cost another $38B in 2006 and $53B in 2007.

MNJohnnie, whatever the RNC is paying you to be an online shill they're certainly getting their money's worth. On the domestic front, this administration is LBJ all over again and no amount of ad homs will change that.

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And from the same source, just for kicks, here is what a real conservative's record looks like:

Discretionary, non DOD spending in constant FY2000 dollars.

FY     Spending in billions
1981   282
1982   247
1983   242
1984   245
1985   255
1986   251
1987   238
1988   247
1989   255