Naturalized-Texan
11-09-2006, 04:35 PM
Both before and after the elections there have been a lot of complaints here about the huge increase in spending under President Bush. I have a question for all of you who have expressed such complaints:
How can the federal government rebuild the military after 8 years of BJ Clinton’s decimation and fight the War on Terror without huge increases in spending?
As you can plainly see from the chart and the tables below taken from the mid-session reviews of the past 3 budget years, the rate of spending growth for non-DoD/non-Homeland Security discretionary spending has declined every year that President Bush has been in office and such spending is actually projected to decline slightly between 2006 and 2007. During the same period there have been huge increases in discretionary spending for DoD and Homeland Security.
Consequently, unless you object to increased spending to rebuild the military and to fight the War on Terror, your complaints about spending under President Bush just don’t hold water.
http://tex.connectingzone.com/BudgetChart.jpg
(Source:FY2005 Budget Mid-Session Review)
http://tex.connectingzone.com/FY2006_msr.jpg
(Source: FY2006 Budget Mid-Session Review)
http://tex.connectingzone.com/FY2007_msr.jpg
(Source: FY2007 Budget Mid-Session Review)
(Note: At least the FY2007 Budget Mid-Session Review can be found in pdf form at the Government Printing Office (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/).)
How can the federal government rebuild the military after 8 years of BJ Clinton’s decimation and fight the War on Terror without huge increases in spending?
As you can plainly see from the chart and the tables below taken from the mid-session reviews of the past 3 budget years, the rate of spending growth for non-DoD/non-Homeland Security discretionary spending has declined every year that President Bush has been in office and such spending is actually projected to decline slightly between 2006 and 2007. During the same period there have been huge increases in discretionary spending for DoD and Homeland Security.
Consequently, unless you object to increased spending to rebuild the military and to fight the War on Terror, your complaints about spending under President Bush just don’t hold water.
http://tex.connectingzone.com/BudgetChart.jpg
(Source:FY2005 Budget Mid-Session Review)
http://tex.connectingzone.com/FY2006_msr.jpg
(Source: FY2006 Budget Mid-Session Review)
http://tex.connectingzone.com/FY2007_msr.jpg
(Source: FY2007 Budget Mid-Session Review)
(Note: At least the FY2007 Budget Mid-Session Review can be found in pdf form at the Government Printing Office (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/).)