Bush the Budget Buster

A fact-filled, detailed analysis of W's budgets vs some of his predecessors from reasonline.com:

When it comes to spending, George W. Bush is no Reagan. Hell, he's not even Clinton. Or Nixon.

The Bush administration recently released its mid-session review of the federal budget for fiscal 2006. The new data reveal that in spite of repeated promises of fiscal responsibility by the Bush administration and congressional Republicans, things are bad and getting worse. After five years of Republican reign, it's time for small-government conservatives to acknowledge that the GOP has forfeited its credibility when it comes to spending restraint...

This graph sums it up: