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Bush did have a hand in turning surplus into deficit. It costs billions of dollars a month to wage a war, money that could have been spent on schools, healthcare, and other programs to help not only the American people but those worldwide. Consider this, one tomahawk cruise missle costs about $1 million to build. One dose of nevirapine, a drug used to combat passing on AIDS hereditarily costs about $5. Thousands of children in Africa die each year due to AIDS from their parents when money spent killing people could have been spent saving people.
As for raising military spending, Bush seems to subscribe to the NRA school of "Its better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it." Clinton realized that its a waste of money to maintain thousands of tanks, planes, and warships during peacetime. Look at Canada, (my home country ;p). We have a rather small army/navy/air force but we don't need a huge one in spite of the fact Canada's landmass is rivaled only by that of Russia. So why does Bush feel the military constantly needs to be expanded?
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