Those Amazing, Fiscally Incontinent Republicans
World News Australia reports The White House will boost defence and homeland security spending, while cutting many social programs, if its proposed budget, of US$2.77 trillion (A$3.74 trillion) – the biggest spending proposal in American history - is approved.
President George W Bush's overall budget for the 2007 fiscal year, starting October 1, represents a rise of about 2.2 percent in spending from this fiscal year.
Cutting past the bone on domestic programs, letting our transportation infrastructure crumble further, and savaging what's left of health care funding. How charming.
And junk like $10 billion annually down the Missile Defense rathole continues apace.