President Bush’s proposed budget for FY 2008?
$2.9 trillion.
His first budget submission, for FY 2002, was $1.9 trillion. That’s a 53% increase over seven fiscal years.
By contrast, President Clinton’s first budget submission, for FY 1994, was $1.5 trillion, which means that 2002 compared to 1994 was only a 27% increase.
