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Originally Posted by Shek
How was he forced? He campaigned on Medicare Part D. A GOP Congress allowed the growth of earmarks (although it takes two to tango on this one). You can't hold him accountable for the growth of "mandatory" entitlement spending, but you certainly can zing him for the growth of non-defense discretionary spending.
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It's called revisionist History. how many bills did Bush veto before 2006? I beleive if a republican President had wanted to tamp down the earmarks of a republican congress he could of. I dont think he had the will. 9/11 had nothing to do with him gutting revenue and spending like a stuck pig. He didnt know how to say no to a spending bill till 2007. Remember the return to big farm subsidies? Remeber the massive payout to tobacco farmers who onavg had a net wealth of 600k when they got their govt welfare checks?