[Freedom2specul8]

I heard that the size was growing, but I hadn't heard the percentages. I was thinking it grew because of 911/patriot act..

Is this the trade off here? 8% gov increase, less influence by the liberals.. We almost have it good.


I was the same way as you...I voted for the person not the party. No longer...uhuh. No way no how. It's republican for now on, that is unless they make the patriot act permanent. Then we'll have a serious issue here..because if a liberal like clinton got the power the patriot act holds, we're going to be in bigger trouble than ever.

[Feiny]

It is actually larger than 8%.

According to the Heritage Foundation, the years 2000 to 2003 marked the biggest spending spree in the history of the United States, except for WWII. Total spending has gone up nearly 14 percent in Bush's first three years, and discretionary spending has gone up nearly 20 percent.

Bush spent a pile not only on guns, but on butter. Non-defense spending has gone up by almost the same amount as defense spending, and defense spending constitutes barely a fifth of the total increase in spending from 2000 to 2003.

[Feiny]

It is actually larger than 8%.

According to the Heritage Foundation, the years 2000 to 2003 marked the biggest spending spree in the history of the United States, except for WWII. Total spending has gone up nearly 14 percent in Bush's first three years, and discretionary spending has gone up nearly 20 percent.

Bush spent a pile not only on guns, but on butter. Non-defense spending has gone up by almost the same amount as defense spending, and defense spending constitutes barely a fifth of the total increase in spending from 2000 to 2003.