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- PATSCRU, on 10/11/2007, -3/+232So comforting to know that in 2005 the budget for the office of the President:
1) dwarfed that of the Nation Science Foundation
2) nearly equaled that of the EPA
3)nearly doubled that of the Army Corps of Engineers (plz don't show this to anyone living in the 9th ward)
4)and was nearly 32 TIMES the annual budget of the executive office during the Clinton Administration. - otatop, on 10/11/2007, -6/+192It's just lucky for us Bush isn't one of those damned Liberals, you know, just spending other people's money on whatever he feels like. Nope, he's a good Republican, giving us all tax breaks and trimming the fat from the Federal budget.
- 13AH, on 10/11/2007, -8/+146His spending is going up, but his ass is going down...
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+89Great find. I was gonna post this one, I just couldn't find good stats. It's sick over 7 billion dollars. 32x the Clinton Executive White House Staff budget.
- lavchan, on 10/11/2007, -3/+77FYI, these are the offices (or whatever you call them) included under the 'Executive Office of the President':
Council of Economic Advisers
Council on Environmental Quality
Office of Administration
Office of Management and Budget
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Office of Science & Technology Policy
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
United States Trade Representative
White House Office
Domestic Policy Council
Homeland Security Council
National Economic Council
Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Office of the First Lady
Office of National AIDS Policy
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
USA Freedom Corps
White House Fellows Office
White House Military Office
Granted it's still completely ***** ridiculous and if you ask me most of those offices shouldn't even exist, but if you guys were thinking like this is just all trivial stuff like George Bush's office supplies (lol), that's not it at all. I think this number covers funding for all the facets of those offices. And... if i had to guess, i suppose most of the difference comes from the Homeland Security one. - yankpats, on 10/11/2007, -1/+69He has very elaborate forts in there.
- exodii, on 10/11/2007, -2/+64Notice how the estimate quickly drops after 2008
- mobbo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+61Remember when Republicans were supposed to be fiscally conservative? Good times.
- Biskino, on 10/11/2007, -1/+48Would be nice if he would at least give us a reach-around...
- sockpuppets, on 10/11/2007, -3/+48Not content with a Wii in the oval office he added a PS3 and an Xbox 360. Greedy bastard.
- thefirelane, on 10/11/2007, -4/+42I can't believe no one said this yet...
In this year's supreme court ruling, one case was about an old law, in which average citizens could sue the Federal Government if they felt a program infringed on separation of church and state.
The new conservative court's decision was typical: "Respect previous rulings" but basically overturn the law they don't like.
In this case, they ruled that although the law is still in effect, the president's faith based initiatives are immune because they aren't a specific budget item enacted by congress. they are paid for by the general budget of the office of the president.
So in effect, in conservative america if the federal government mailed everyone a cross and a bible, that would only be unconstitutional if congress paid for it... but if congress simply increased the president's budget, and he paid it... that would be fine.
Un-f'ing-believable. - physphd, on 10/11/2007, -0/+31"and he's the right wing's poster child for a free spending willy nilly Democrat." ...Despite balancing the budget and actually shrinking the federal government.
By any classical measure of conservatism, Clinton was a MUCH better Republican than W. - ThDecider, on 10/11/2007, -1/+31He better be doing something diabolical with all that money instead of spending it all on lame everyday *****. Deathstar maybe? Clone army? Come on G dubbs, dont let us down.
- physphd, on 10/11/2007, -0/+30I'm gonna go out on a limb and say "yes."
- Matt-lars, on 10/11/2007, -2/+29Jesus said brb, I think he went afk or something.
- ColonelJessup, on 10/11/2007, -6/+32AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!
IMPEACH, IMPEACH, IMPEACH, IMPEEEEEAAAAAAACCCCCCHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - LeeSoong, on 10/11/2007, -3/+28IM IN YUR WITEHOUSE, SPENDINZ ALL YUR MONEEZ
- gazwilwah, on 10/11/2007, -1/+25Hey the pentagon have "lost" trillions.
- DMHero, on 10/11/2007, -4/+28How can you people ***** put up with this? Is america literally so brainwashed it can't make a huge deal out of this? Honestly it beggars belief.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -7/+31You're being too hard on Bush. After all, good whiskey is expensive, and if you're going to be drunk all the time behind the scenes like Dubya, it costs money. 7 billion isn't nearly enough to pay for booze, cocaine, and male prostitutes like Jeff Gannon. Besides, half of the money went for meth and PCP for Dick Cheney
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+24Anyone find it ironic that the budget for the Justice Department increased when Bush became President?
- barnis, on 10/11/2007, -2/+24I think if you watch that recent "Frontline" story "The Dark Side" it explains a lot of this.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darkside/ - vudicarus, on 10/11/2007, -2/+23It's those man-sized safes.
So much for the party of small government. - otatop, on 10/11/2007, -0/+21I thought it was obvious enough to not need the tag, but since someone has given me a thumbs down already, yes. Bush is trying to recreate the halcyon days of Reagonomics, where cutting taxes to almost nothing while spending trillions of dollars somehow balanced out. Trouble is that Bush can't seem to figure out how to inflate the economy so people actually think that spending infinitely more than you take in in taxes is feasible.
Not to mention that Clinton's budget seemed to hover around $250 million a year, and he's the right wing's poster child for a free spending willy nilly Democrat. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -8/+27How much of that is for the CIA's cocaine stash?
- captinherb, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19I would guess that most of that money is going to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board :)
- Dralha, on 10/11/2007, -3/+21Establishing a christian theocracy is expensive.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17Buhhhh Buhhh Buhh But Clinton....
Oh Wait... =) - biotch, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17hah I thought it was pretty funny ... Ive certainly had enough of republicans supporting that idiot.
- biotch, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16I dont think very many people think its trivial stuff.... Clinton did use far less to cover those offices though.
- idonthack, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15Also, notice how that 7 billion is just for one year.
- superdubb, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16primary source http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2007/sheets/hist04z1.xls
- Elranzer, on 10/11/2007, -3/+17Had enough with the pork-barrel spending? Vote Democrat in 2008!
- Yage2006, on 10/11/2007, -7/+21Hehehe awesome he could pay for national healthcare with his office :)
- Bdog2g2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14well red Swingline stapler are expensive you know.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -12/+25***** Off!
- spawnfree, on 10/11/2007, -6/+19"hi is that my daddy's pizza company?"
"yes Mr Bush, the usual?"
"I'm not paying, so yeah"
"that will be 1000 dollars sir"
"can i get extra cheese on that"
"extra cheese is two dollars" - brufleth, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12If not really a better "republican" he was certainly more fiscally conservative. The small government and less spending republicans are hard to find these days.
- haydesigner, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12How so?
It is helpful to provide a wee bit more info than that, especially if you are asking me to watch a 45-50 minute program. - scapermoya, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2007/sheets/hist04z1.xls
whitehouse.gov a good enough source? - Majorkerina, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11The big deal here for me is that everything went up. I'd expect something to deflate or be cut. But no...free spending all over X_X geez. What's the deal with negative budgets on some items?
- Bdog2g2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10I say we just storm the ***** white house and congress, take back our country and elect our officials the right way. Grudge Match. Whoever walks (or can walk ) out of the ring is president, vice-president is the one with the least life threatening injuries...and so forth
- KhanneaSuntzu, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11Disgusting banana republic politicians.
- Delphium226, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10Yet in spite of all that spending, and the house, the senate and white house under their control for years, the repubturds still did not catch Osama. They started a war in Iraq which did NOTHING to help catch Osama.
Is it: -
a. incompetence?
b. stupidity?
c. all of the above? - LeeSoong, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Your Money,
Going Down a series of tubes...
it's not a big truck. - aliengoods, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7It's not wholesale. Perhaps another word fits there. Considering we're talking about Bush, I'll go with ass.
- astrofizix, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8did you look at the increases of spending over the separate divisions of the government? or did you just peruse the numbers and decide that everything looked hunky-doory. 32x jump in spending, while dwindling down to 7x, is well outside of inflation.
so please, tell us, how does the government work again?? - worldinmyeyes, on 10/11/2007, -7/+14Left/Right - they both suck. Vote someone in who is serving THE PEOPLE. I don't care what party. Hillary, Rudy, need not apply.
- obliviousfool, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Moat, sharks, frickin' lazers. Top-of-the-line stuff too.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7And it was spending less than the other two branches before. So what? The point is, the Executive expenditure has risen dramatically under Bush's tenure and if, previously, it had managed with much less money, what is all this extra money being spent on?
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