Bush Beats LBJ in Federal Spending

Nick Gillespie reviews a new study by the American Enterprise Institute that calculates President Bush "has boosted total inflation-adjusted discretionary spending in his first term by 35.1 percent. To put that in context, chew on this: LBJ -- the Texas legend who created the Great Society and, for all intents and purposes, the Vietnam War -- only boosted discretionary spending 33.4 percent. What's more, the gap between Bush and LBJ will only grow.... since the final outlays for fiscal year 2005 (the last budget signed in Bush's first term) aren't in yet."

The great irony is that the conservative political movement was spawned in response to Lyndon Johnson's domestic policies. Now, it's leader, George W. Bush, may cause it's undoing. It's no wonder so many conservatives are turning on the president.


September 23, 2005




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