[muleskinner]

The fact is that the rate of federal spending has increased in the 2001-2002 period.

Oh Wait, didn't SOMETHING happen on Sept. 11, 2001?

CLUE: The U.S. is at war.

[tnlibertarian]

The fact is that the rate of federal spending has increased in the 2001-2002 period.

Oh Wait, didn't SOMETHING happen on Sept. 11, 2001?

CLUE: The U.S. is at war.

How does the U.S at war explain the Farm Bill, or the increase to the department of education, giving ole Ted everything he wanted on that? What department had their funding actually decreased? And that doesn't count the upcoming prescription drug "benefit"