Wow! That is one of the most dis-ingenious articles I have read in a LONG time. Prepare to see liberals touting that chart EVERYWHERE!
What he conveniently leaves OUT of the article is: the fact that DEMOCRATS were in charge of the Congress since 2006. That BIG increase in the 2009 Fiscal budget was passed by DEMOCRATS, not George Bush... and, Obama ADDED a billion dollars to it when he showed up.
Spending RESTRAINT began when the Republicans took back control of the House.
So... yippee. The R Revolution was able to prevent FURTHER dramatic increases... on an already HYPER-INCREASED spending level. And, we’re supposed to celebrate that?
I said, in a post LONG ago... that one of the worst things about the “stimulus” bill would be: it would set a new, higher baseline that Washington will use to justify continuation of spending at that level.
yep... here we are.
I’m already getting emails with the chart.