Bush Budget

Surprise -- Bush Is Leaving A Huge Budget Mess

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 09.10.2008 | Business

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Hale

The US' budget is structurally running a deficit to the tune of $500 billion dollars a year for the last five years. This is far worse than has been reported in the press.

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Defense Spending Soars, While President Continues to Aim at Domestic Programs

Bob Greenstein | Posted 03.10.2008 | Business

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Bob Greenstein

There has been a spending explosion, but it's come in defense-related programs, which have grown 27 times faster than domestic discretionary programs over the past seven years.

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Where Are the Children in President Bush's Budget?

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Medicaid, Children's Health, Child Watch, Marian Wright Edelman, Budget, Schip, George W. Bush, Child Poverty, Poverty, Bush Budget, Federal Budget, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Even a cursory analysis of Bush's spending proposal reveals a failure in many areas to construct a budget that protects the well-being of children in low- to middle-income families.

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Three Ugly Little Truths About The Federal Budget

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 02.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Social Security, Federal Budget Deficit, Cutting Federal Budget, Medicare, Medicaid, Congress, Federal Budget, Bush Budget, Business News
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

This country really needs to start thinking seriously about cutting spending, raising taxes, or doing some of both. The United States is a wealthy nation. We're not Haiti. There's no fundamental reason our government can't live within its means. But so far, it doesn't even deserve an "E" for effort.

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Official: Bush's 2009 Budget to Be Tight

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Bush's 2009 budget will virtually freeze most domestic programs and seek nearly $200 billion in savings from federal heal...

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Dems Say "Bunker Buster" Could Be Sign of Planned Attack on Iran

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Iran, War With Iran, Bush Funding Request, Iraq Spending, Bush Iran, Bush Funding War, Bush Budget, Money for War, Politics News
Robert Naiman

This warning about Bush and Iran is coming to you from Members of Congress looking at the President's budget request. As such, it should be taken seriously.

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