Bush discretionary spend; “He has presided over massive increases in almost every category … a dramatic change of pace from most previous presidents,”

Bush is the biggest spender since LBJ | By David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers | Wednesday, October 24, 2007
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The numbers are clear, credible and conclusive, added David Keating, the executive director of the Club for Growth, a budget-watchdog group.

“He’s a big spender,” Keating said. “No question about it.”
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Discretionary spending went up in Bush's first term by 48.5 percent, not adjusted for inflation, more than twice as much as Bill Clinton did (21.6 percent) in two full terms, Slivinski reports.
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“He has presided over massive increases in almost every category … a dramatic change of pace from most previous presidents,” said Slivinski.