Originally posted by EternalOne:
Perhaps he missed the part about how discretionary spending was actually lowered during Bush's term in office, and that the spending actually went towards National Security initiatives, such as creating the Dept of Homeland Security and fighting the War on Terror. I just love one-sided facts.
E1



uh, no discretionary spending was RAISED during bush's term in office, what are you talking about?!?
"Following increases of 13 percent and 12 percent during the previous two years, 2004 would mark the third consecutive year of massive discretionary spending growth."
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm385.cfm

and as far as where the spending went, yes it went to a [censored] war. this isn't all money that is "protecting national security." give me a break. if it had all been dumped into securing our airports (which are currently a joke compared to secure countries like israel...israel's airports are perhaps some of the most secure in the world) then i might be able to understand...


Originally posted by TexasRealtor:

Let me guess, you read that from you notes in a Economics class


Um...I took an economics class about 2 years ago. Is there a problem with that? Unfortunately, no, I do not have my notes anymore.

1998 T-Red CSVT 3.0L