[At _War_With_Liberals]

"And with regard to the fiscal conservatives, keep in mind that non-defense spending increases have been kept to 4%... not great, but a lot better than under any Democrat would have been. "

Spending averaged 3.23 under Clinton, 8 year average.

[CA Conservative]

pending averaged 3.23 under Clinton, 8 year average.

True, but he gutted the miltary to achieve that. Total spending didn't rise much, but defense spending plummeted and social spending increased a heck of a lot more than 4%.