Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Bush Demands Line Item Veto – What a Hilarious Hypocrite
Bush ran for office as a fiscal conservative, yet our annual federal budget has nearly doubled since he took office: from 1.86 trillion to 2.77 trillion. Our deficit is projected to hit $350 billion this year. The number of earmarks (pork) added to spending bills has increased from 3,055 in 1996 to 14,211 in 2004, adding an additional $52.7 billion to proposed spending bills that year. In 5 ½ years Bush has never vetoed a single piece of legislation, not a single spending bill, and has only...
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