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Government agencies that Republicans were calling to be abolished less than 10 years ago, such as education and labor, have enjoyed jaw-dropping spending
increases under Bush of 70 percent and 65 percent respectively.

Well, we all know the Department of Education is doing such a swell job indoctrinating our kids. Even if they fail to teach them to read or do math and then feed test answers to them before-hand, some things are just more imporant than others. < /sarcasm >

That 70% figure is shocking.

Government agencies that Republicans were calling to be abolished less than 10 years ago, such as education and labor, have enjoyed jaw-dropping spending increases under Bush of 70 percent and 65 percent respectively.

Yes, W panders. Yes, I hate the big spending. Yes, the medicare drug thing will cost trillions.

Dems have talked more about balanced budgets than Pubbies, but spending and policies are two different things. Dem policies are awful; keep them out of power!

Set spending aside for a moment; we have no choice anyway but to try to look for silver linings. W has some good instincts about effective policy, and deep down his economics are from Milton Friedman school; I consider that a good thing. The second term may not be devoted to stopping spending, but I predict a strong rise in the notion of gov't accountability, especially in education policy.