Posted on 11/27/2006 2:23:56 AM PST by RWR8189
| Real Spending | Percent Increases | ||||||
| Department | 1993 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | Clinton I | Clinton II | Bush I |
| Department of Agriculture | 17,011 | 16,154 | 17,206 | 18,711 | -5.0% | 6.5% | 8.8% |
| Department of Commerce | 3,412 | 4,206 | 4,964 | 5,419 | 23.3% | 18.0% | 9.2% |
| Department of Education | 27,191 | 25,569 | 34,983 | 50,623 | -6.0% | 36.8% | 44.7% |
| Department of Energy | 21,195 | 18,144 | 18,018 | 21,582 | -14.4% | -0.7% | 19.8% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 32,637 | 34,801 | 45,824 | 61,383 | 6.6% | 31.7% | 34.0% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 27,780 | 32,720 | 32,205 | 36,775 | 17.8% | -1.6% | 14.2% |
| Department of Justice | 9,974 | 13,253 | 17,264 | 17,274 | 32.9% | 30.3% | 0.1% |
| Department of Labor | 11,180 | 10,419 | 10,169 | 10,290 | -6.8% | -2.4% | 1.2% |
| Department of State | 7,192 | 5,952 | 6,747 | 9,431 | -17.2% | 13.3% | 39.8% |
| Department of Transportation | 34,922 | 36,389 | 44,563 | 52,126 | 4.2% | 22.5% | 17.0% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 7,191 | 6,895 | 7,411 | 7,577 | -4.1% | 7.5% | 2.2% |
| Department of the Interior | 8,349 | 7,584 | 8,759 | 9,984 | -9.2% | 15.5% | 14.0% |
| Department of Homeland Security | 10,908 | 11,423 | 14,841 | 27,802 | 4.7% | 29.9% | 87.3% |
Comments:
Table 2: Real Discretionary Budget Authority by Agency (millions)
| Percent Increases | |||||||
| Department | 1993 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | Clinton I | Clinton II | Bush I |
| Department of Agriculture | 18,245 | 16,529 | 18,763 | 17,158 | -9.4% | 13.5% | -8.6% |
| Department of Commerce | 3,790 | 4,059 | 4,971 | 5,147 | 7.1% | 22.5% | 3.5% |
| Department of Education | 28,065 | 28,298 | 39,115 | 51,628 | 0.8% | 38.2% | 32.0% |
| Department of Energy | 22,653 | 17,551 | 19,537 | 21,223 | -22.5% | 11.3% | 8.6% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 35,455 | 36,543 | 52,818 | 61,369 | 3.1% | 44.5% | 16.2% |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 28,438 | 15,980 | 27,659 | 28,150 | -43.8% | 73.1% | 1.8% |
| Department of Justice | 10,208 | 15,723 | 17,947 | 16,881 | 54.0% | 14.1% | -5.9% |
| Department of Labor | 11,712 | 10,889 | 11,664 | 10,697 | -7.0% | 7.1% | -8.3% |
| Department of State | 7,288 | 5,875 | 7,583 | 9,237 | -19.4% | 29.1% | 21.8% |
| Department of Transportation | 12,272 | 11,007 | 14,320 | 12,019 | -10.3% | 30.1% | -16.1% |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 8,146 | 7,224 | 7,642 | 6,986 | -11.3% | 5.8% | -8.6% |
| Department of the Interior | 8,292 | 7,784 | 10,015 | 9,768 | -6.1% | 28.7% | -2.5% |
| Department of Homeland Security | 10,601 | 14,203 | 15,653 | 25,495 | 34.0% | 10.2% | 62.9% |
Technically Bush cut spending in five departments based on authority. But. Actual spending was up in all 13. So. Bush's legacy about spending is "Aw, just let them do it."
Actually Bush's legacy will be this:
(From Bush's press conference after the Nov. 11th elections.) "And so he and I both agreed in our meeting yesterday that it was appropriate that I accept his resignation. And so the decision was made -- actually, I thought we were going to do fine yesterday. Shows what I know. But I thought we were going to be fine in the election. My point to you is, is that, win or lose, Bob Gates was going to become the nominee."
"Shows what I know".
Sounds about right for the Bush legacy.
Yeah, and.......? What part of CONGRESS HOLDS THE PURSE STRINGS don't you get? Funny, the rest of America understood that concept, that's why they voted the bums out.
Relax, in a couple months it'll be safe to blame Pelosi.
You dont recall? dont make me laugh...
YEAH and what part of Bush never demanded budget cuts don't you get?
When, in Bush's last six years did he mount a campaign to cut the budget?
Better yet--don't build it with anybody's money, and close all the rest of the damned "library pyramids". "Presidential Library" my a**.
Big whoo!
W's library would be the priciest...until the library for the 44th president is built.
It appears you think you live in a monarchy instead of a republic. The days of kings in the US went away a long time ago.
What on earth is that supposed to mean? Does Congress have the only say in the budget? Is the president merely a eunuch when it comes to fiscal policy? Bush is no king but he's supposed to set the budget. He makes the budget requests and congress either funds it or doesn't.
Maybe you need a remedial course in the Constitution.
Tattered legacy???? Where does somebody get this?
Nobody liked Lincoln in his lifetime either. Nobody.
I'd like to see the bulk of the W library be online.
But do you know where it should be? Not in Texas. In NYC.
Why NY?
Repair his tattered legacy....did you hear that ONCE when Clinton's library was being built?
The statue of him with the megaphone would have much less impact at SMU.
Not quite. You flunked math today.
So, when Congress attaches unnecessary spending to very necessary spending in support of the war, you favor cutting off funds to support the troops in harms' way, and forcing the President to take all of the heat for it.
You've got the decimals in the wrong place. He's trying to raise $500 not $500 billion. That amount would reduce the from $10 trillion to $9.9995 trillion.
You've got the decimals in the wrong place. He's trying to raise $500 not $500 billion. That amount would reduce the debt from $10 trillion to $9.9995 trillion.
You are probably right. Remember the total shock of the media when Reagan's funeral procession passed in California (one of the most liberal states in the union) and all those cars pulled over the people got out? The media was so sure they had destroyed his legacy too.
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