Ah, those fiscally responsible Republicans

[John_H]

2 trillion in tax cuts for the chimp's campaign donors, a 200 billion bullshit war to make Dick's buddyies rich, and here's how they "tow the line on spending"

Government Grows Past
Cap Set by President
GOP-led Congress's discretionary spending up 12.5 percent despite Bush's demand to hold at 4 percent.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28252-2003Nov11.html

"The sudden rise in spending subject to Congress's annual discretion stands in marked contrast to the 1990s, when such discretionary spending rose an average of 2.4 percent a year. Not since 1980 and 1981 [read Reagan} has federal spending risen at a similar clip."