[traviskicks]

well, republicans don’t seem to be doing much to reduce it, we had control of both houses and the presidency and we grew it like never before. And from the sounds of the presidential debates it doesn’t sound like the other hopefuls would do much to reduce it either.

[jmeagan]

****well, republicans don’t seem to be doing much to reduce it, we had control of both houses and the presidency and we grew it like never before. And from the sounds of the presidential debates it doesn’t sound like the other hopefuls would do much to reduce it either.*****

There was a link on Drudge earlier today about Bush being a bigger spender than LBJ.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/20767.html

“””That tops the 4.6 percent annual rate Johnson logged during his 1963-69 presidency. By these standards, Ronald Reagan was a tightwad; discretionary spending grew by only 1.9 percent a year on his watch.””””