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Originally Posted by dude1394
Try again, no numbers. I do not accept that a reduction in the increase is a slashing of a budget. Liberals have a very hard time with this concept.
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Here you go:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/BUD...nt-detail.html
In 2000 the budget (outlays + discretionary) was 6.8 billion but in 2005 it was around 4.5. Keeping in mind I'm not even taking into account inflation and population growth which would make the difference even larger.