I gave you ten specific department/agency spending decreases, in Bushes first budget of 2002. We both know there has been no actual decrease in overall spending by the feds.
I could have mentioned Bushes $1.35 trillion tax cut. Even though most of the tax cut comes in the out years, it does remove money from Treasury coffers and that reduces government spending. If it ain't there, they can't spend it.
In Bushes 2003 budget, sent to Congress in Feb2002, there are real cuts in the Justice and Labor departments; the budget would reduce the number of job-training and work programs from 48 to 28; cut $500 million from Community Oriented Policing Services, promoted by Clinton; freeze hiring in the EPA enforcement division; and hold non-mandatory spending, for programs not required under law, to a 2% increase. That means their funding would grow by slightly less than the rate of inflation.
There are more cuts and still no steak dinner.
Thanks for admitting that you were wrong.
As I said before, I'll give credit to when one single Department, Agency, or Burea is actually eliminated by Bush. I ain't holding my breath....
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