More proof that you're wrong...again. Figures, since Bush is your idol. From you're beloved rightwing rag WSJ:
Bush Would Boost
Defense, Security
In Budget Plan
Social Programs Face Cuts
In Proposal for Fiscal 2007;
Worries Over Heating Bills
By DEBORAH SOLOMON and JOHN D. MCKINNON
Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
February 7, 2006; Page A1
WASHINGTON -- President Bush submitted a federal budget that proposes to boost spending on defense, homeland security and scientific research, includes no significant restraint on Social Security and contains only modest curbs on Medicare.
In exchange, Mr. Bush would bring the budget knife down on domestic programs other than homeland security, the same small slice of the federal budget that Congress pared this year. The cuts would help Mr. Bush show a shrinking deficit for fiscal 2007, which begins Oct. 1, even though spending would rise 2.3%, or $62 billion, from the current fiscal year. The budget, released yesterday, doesn't propose any new taxes.
Politically, the president may find it tough to persuade Congress to endorse his plan. Much of the squeezing would be of programs aimed at low-income Americans -- and wouldn't save all that much money in the aggregate. Targeting domestic programs tends to cause political indigestion for lawmakers, who know how easy it is to put a human face on those who feel the impact of budget cuts, particularly in a congressional election year
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