I've seen these numbers before but neglected to put them on the blog, so a hearty thank you to Matthew Edgar for pointing out this Cato institute op-ed:
Indeed, based on his first three budgets, President Bush is the biggest spending president in decades. For FY2004, discretionary outlays will rise 3.5%, which follows increases of 7.8% in FY2003 and 13.1% in FY2002. Non-defence discretionary outlays will rise 3.2% in FY2004 following increases of 7.9% in FY2003 and 12.3% in FY2002.
Emphasis mine.
I've said it before, and can't say it often enough, if you believe in smaller government, Bush is not your guy.
Posted by Walter at July 21, 2003 11:23 PM