Fiscal conservatism has died.
By these standards, Ronald Reagan was a tightwad; discretionary spending grew by only 1.9 percent a year on his watch.
Wow. Just... wow.
Discretionary spending went up in Bush's first term by 48.5 percent, not adjusted for inflation, more than twice as much as Bill Clinton did (21.6 percent) in two full terms...
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Graphic: McClatchy Washington Bureau
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1 comments:
This is why I loved Ronald Reagan. He knew how to cut big government which saved the tax payers billions of dollars. And he got the job done.
Hence why I say - Vote for Ron Paul. Pretty much the same man in the same wrinkley skin suit! =)
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