Bush -- not a fiscal conservative?
He's got both houses of Congress in his corner. And yet, as absitinvidia.com shows us here, he's presided over a 25.3% growth in non-defense discretionary spending.
With the help of cut-and-paste, I can show you how that compares with some of his peers.
Reagan I -9.7%
Reagan II +0.2%
Bush (41) +13.9%
Clinton I +0.7%
Clinton II +14.4%
Bush (43) +25.3%
So, let's see, he walks in lockstep with the bad half of conservatism -- the social conservatives, yet he abandons the good half of conservatism -- the fiscal conservatives.
And I voted for this guy?
I have to keep repeating to myself "It was him or Janet Reno. It was him or Janet Reno. It was him or Janet Reno."
posted by The Last American at 9:46:00 AM
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Here's another one to make your heart break in tiny pieces:
"[T]he role of government is to stand there and say, 'We're going to help you.' The job of the federal government is to fund the providers who are actually making a difference."
George W. Bush
Steve - Absit Invidia
I read that with dismay on Absit Invidia this morning.
Government exists to defend the rights of it's citizens -- life, liberty, property, privacy -- and to provide for a common defense.
I guess Big Brutha Dubya can't understand that.
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