Courtesy of John Miller at National Review:
February 28, 2001: ?In his first address to Congress, Bush likened his $ 1.9 trillion budget to a family budget…?
February 5, 2002: ?President Bush yesterday proposed a $ 2.13 trillion budget for next year…?
February 4, 2003: ?President Bush announced a $ 2.23 trillion budget for fiscal 2004 yesterday…?
February 3, 2004: ?President Bush sent Congress a $2.4 trillion spending plan yesterday…?
February 13, 2005: ?President Bush sent Congress a $2.57 trillion budget…?
February 5, 2006: ?President Bush plans to propose a $2.7 trillion budget tomorrow…?
Today: ?President Bush took aim yesterday at domestic spending as part of a plan to balance the budget in five years without raising taxes while increasing funding for the Iraq war and permanently expanding the military. With the $2.9 trillion budget he submitted to Congress…?
If you’re keeping score at home, $1.9 trillion to $2.9 trillion is an increase of more than 52 percent.
And Republicans wonder why they’ve lost all credibility on economic issues.
H/T: Jason Pye
Cross-Posted at The Liberty Papers
