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Originally Posted by Slims
I voted a little worse.
I expected him to be a big spender, but I did not expect a 4 trillion dollar budget with no sustainable means to pay it.
Nor did I expect him to actually try to do 'everything' during this recession, especially those projects which do not encourage national economic development.
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Which spending to you think isn't helpful? TBH, I haven't really looked at the proposed budget much, but IMNSHO, a recession is exactly when government should start spending (and lending) into a deficit, in order to help get the economy running again. Of course, we're starting with a massive deficit, so it's going to suck for awhile no matter what.
Another thing - a large part of that 4 billion price tag, as I understand it, is that it actually includes the estimated cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which Bush's budgets never did. That inflates the numbers quite a bit, so comparing it with last years budget is comparing apples and weasels.