[caltrop]

Bush's first initiative was expansion of the Department of Education. That's some expensive olive branch.

[meyer]

Bush's first initiative was expansion of the Department of Education. That's some expensive olive branch.

Reluctantly, I have to agree. That was an olive tree. One must wonder what he got for that, other than political legitimization as the "education President". Probably would not have been that effective but for 9/11. That reduced the necessary level of political hanky-panky needed by the White House significantly.

[FreeReign]

Bush's first initiative was expansion of the Department of Education. That's some expensive olive branch.

Actually, Bush's first discretionary budget was the contraction of all twenty five + departments except the DOD and DOE.

That is the full context of Bush's discretionary spending. Why do you not know that?