One Last Thing

Donald Lambro notes that

Early projections indicate passage of Mr. Bush’s proposals will increase non-defense spending well beyond the 4 percent to 5 percent the administration has budgeted for the current fiscal year, nearly double the average annual increases of about 2.5 percent by President Clinton during his two terms.

Did no one go over the numbers in his speech before he gave it, or did they think no one would notice?