Thursday, October 13, 2005

Bush's BIG Government "Conservatism"

Nick Gillespie lays out the basics of big government conservatism, by highlighting percentage increases in discretionary domestic spending in the first five years of two-term presidents:
LBJ: 25.2%

  • Nixon: -16.5%
  • Reagan: 11.9%
  • Clinton: -8.2%
  • Bush: 35.2%

I almost yearn for the days of Willie and Newt.

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