Who would have thought that with the election of compassionate conservative George W. Bush we would see this very same president wiping the floor clean with the grandfather of government spending Lydon Baines Johnson. The numbers below highlight this fact:
LBJ: 25.2% increase in discretionary spending
GWB: 35.2% increase in discretionary spending
Now the argument can be made (and I will make it), that America got more for its discretionary spending under Johnson than they have with Bush. However, as the president likes to say we are a nation at war.
Check out reason.com for a excellent piece entitled "Bush's Disaster Socialism" and discover the true meaning of the now retired "compassionate conservative."
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