Republicans are at it again. They are proposing that President Obama's administration spend less. President Obama wants to budget $3,800,000,000,000 for next year's spending. Republicans think that might be too much and propose to turn that 8 into a 5. Wow! That gives me a real sense of relief.
Let's take a look at what that big reduction proposed by the Republicans looks like. The last George W. Bush budget looked like this:
The last Barack Obama budget looks like this:
It looks as if 2008, George Bush's last year as President, came in slightly over budget. But then something went drastically wrong. What could it have been. I just can't understand how spending got to be so high... can you?
And now the Republicans want to budget 2013 at 2009 spending levels which were only about $400,000,000,000 above the earlier budget. Absurd! How will government grow??? It looks as if the Republicans want to return government to the days of George W. Bush... well budget-wise anyway.
How can we hope and change if they get their way?