Brick stupid Freeptards are.....

[Aviation Pro]

...in fine form this evening. Check out their hilarious monkey shine here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1740518/posts



Fed Spending Up 40 Percent Under Bush
newsmax.com ^ | Friday, Nov. 17, 2006 | NewsMax.com Staff


Posted on 11/17/2006 1:50:24 PM PST by Reagan is King


Federal spending in fiscal year 2006 increased by a whopping 9 percent — the largest rise since 1990 — and has risen more than 40 percent since President Bush took office.

The most recent rise far outpaces inflation — the Consumer Price Index is up only 1.3 percent in the past 12 months.

"The greatest scandal in Washington, D.C., is runaway federal spending,” Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., said after the midterm elections.

In recent years, he points out, the GOP majority "voted to expand the federal government’s role in education, entitlements, and pursued spending policies that created deficits and national debt.”

The Republicans’ defeat in the elections shows that the outgoing GOP Congress’ attempts "to buy our votes” failed, according to Ed Feulner, president of the Heritage Foundation.


(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: BUSH; CONGRESS; GOVERNMENTSPENDING; OUTOFCONTROLSPENDING; PORKADDICTS; SPENDINGSPREE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Not exactly what I had in mind when I voted Republican.

1 posted on 11/17/2006 1:50:24 PM PST by Reagan is King
< Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies >

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

To: Reagan is King
Uh, wasn't Reagan a tax-cutter and big deficit spender, too?



2 posted on 11/17/2006 1:52:21 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
< Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies >

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

To: bigbob
"Wonder how much it would be up if you take out the war, and costs directly related to Katrina and 9/11?"

Shhhh! You are going to ruin a good Bush-bashing thread.

Also, Florida had a big hurricane year and there was a huge tsunami we pretty much footed the bill for.



14 posted on 11/17/2006 2:00:19 PM PST by L98Fiero (Terrorists, Communists and Liberals. All happy with a Democrat Congress)
< Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies >

[distantearlywarning]

1. Oh, a hurricane and a tsunami!

Of course! Those are the primary reasons why the Republicans spend a lot of money. Makes sense to me.

But never mind that little, teeny, tiny, itsy bitsy war we're fighting in the Middle East. That probably contributed nothing to Republican spending, right? A mere 300 billion or so. A drop in the bucket compared to Hurricane Katrina, I'm sure.

[Lasthorseman]

2. Ammo for Freeptards

The first one comes from the Bush administration itself
www.spp.gov
The related Google searches are SPPNA,NASCO and Amero
The deal is the government wants to form a European style North American Union. You may have tons of fun freeping them back with comments like "When do our troops get their new NAU uniforms?"

Next up of course is the increased "security" issue and what is the date for mandatory Mark of the Beast 666 implantable microchips.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Hate to tell them but the 'war' isn't even in that budget and the number is really 60% growth

in the federal debt since Chimpy took office....$5.9 trillion to $9.1 trillion (cap).

[TahitiNut]

6. $8,599,310,966,569.59 and rising

[twilight_sailing]

4. "there was a huge tsunami we pretty much footed the bill for"

LOL. Don't let facts get in your way, Freep. Just make it up as you go along.

[Skittles]

7. this is extreme ignorance

I wonder what dittomaster fed them that delusion

[Demit]

9. Right. Bush had to be shamed into pledging more than his initial $15 million.

And with his history of never following through with the actual cash for what he gets the headlines for pledging, who knows what the tsunami effort ever did get from the U.S. government.

[sam sarrha]

5. dont eat their cookies... dont feed them to your computer..!!!!!

[KamaAina]

8. *Florida* had a big hurricane year?!

Right. It's coming back to me now: all those tens of thousands of hurricane evacuees massed inside the Florida Superdome. :sarcasm:

What a moran!