“On the spending side of the ledger, I can’t dispute Alan’s general notion that the federal government is too big and spends too much money—we’ve agreed on that point since we both worked in the Ford administration more than 30 years ago. President Bush feels the same way, and that’s why he has steadily reduced the annual rate of growth in non-security discretionary spending.”
A flat out lie. What of the spending relating to the NCLB, the free pills for granny act or the billions in foreign aid for AIDS and on and on? The Vice President is either delusional or being disengenuous. Regardless his answer to Greenspan is disgusting. Big time.
Actually not a lie. Congress spends the money, not the President. Now, you can argue that he should have vetoed many of those bills, that’s fine but simply put, the President doesn’t spend the money.
The Vice President claimed that throughout the Bush Administration the rate of growth of non-discretionary spending has decreased. You call him a liar and then refer to some items of new spending, but Mr. Cheney did not say that there were no new budget items.
I just read a really interesting article that made the point that without integrity and trust consensual government is impossible. This article went on to criticize the false charges of lying that have so often been leveled at the current administration.
I don't think you should call Vice President Cheney a liar unless you can back it up. After seven plus years in office I have not seen him lie yet and I think it is important to respect that.
You say he has lied and cite spending related to NCLB, AIDS etc. You are cherry picking spending programs while he is speaking of non military spending as a whole and said the rate of increase has slowed, not that the spending has been cut.
LOL, that's such a small part of the budget, that claiming it as a victory is ridiculous.