Man, if Bush would have taken the tough line on spending like this when he first got elected, I’d have liked him a lot more than I do. Sometimes I really do think a split house/president is the best thing.
Sometimes I really do think a split house/president is the best thing.
The
evidence is in:
From 1993 to 2000, total spending grew from $1,409,500,000,000 to $1,789,200,000,000,
an increase of about $380 billion. Total spending
fell from 21.4% of GDP to 18.4% during that same time.
From 2001 to 2008 (if we are to believe the estimate) total spending will have grown from $1,863,200,000,000 to $2,901,900,000,000,
an increase of a little over a trillion dollars. Total spending
increased from 18.5% of GDP in 2001 to an estimated 20% in 2008.
One party rule by the GOP resulted in more than twice the growth rate we saw under Clinton/GOP rule. Gridlock is the only thing which slows the growth of government.