So, Rudy took over a city which, by any standard, was spending way too much money, and this "fiscal conservative" grew the budget fast than inflation for the 8 years he was there.
Kudos for slowing the rate of growth, but that's hardly the budget-cutting record we've been led to believe. I expected to see a budget lower than his predecessor, not bigger but by a smaller rate of increase.
Don't forget that liberals ALWAYS describe cuts in the 'rate of growth',,,,as CUTS! It's unconscionable. They ALWAYS do that,,,whether it be social security, welfare, ANY social program, take your pic. It's outrageous.
3.6% was the average local inflation rate. Adjusting for population growth, government actually shrank. Not factoring out population growth, in real terms, it never grew while he was in office. And debt in real terms fell as well.