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To: Reagan Man
Defense: Reagan spent 26.7%, Bush spent 18.6%. Non-defense discretionary programs: Bush spent 20.2%, Reagan spent 17.1%.

The Bush "Non-defense discretionary programs" that you list above includes Homeland Defense type spending.

Your statistics are misleading.

184 posted on 02/11/2006 5:24:17 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign
>>>>Your statistics are misleading.

Not true. You've offered no evidence that my data is bogus. It comes from OMB.gov, the historical tables. I used simple math to figure out what was spent. Straightforward computations. Homeland Security spending is a drop in the bucket. About $30-billion/year. It doesn't change the results. Besides, there was also spending by Reagan on homeland secutiry in his budgets. They just didn't have a HSD back then. OMB breaks those figures out in their spreadsheets going back to 1940. Check it out.

189 posted on 02/11/2006 5:49:09 PM PST by Reagan Man (Secure our borders;punish employers who hire illegals;stop all welfare to illegals)
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