The media’s slant on politics can be frustrating at times, because you never know if you’re getting the real information or not. I was pleased to find what I consider to be an objective, (although a bit dry) article about President Bush’s $2.4 trillion budget proposal for 2005.
I like seeing actual dollar amounts and where he suggests they be distributed among the different departments and agencies. It’s like a family budget, with a lot more zeros.
Most articles I’ve seen are merely critical, not informational, so this is good. However, it does worry a bit that nearly everything seems to be an increase from previous spending. I think this is a good time to make cuts in some social programs.
Dan — how did you end up with this Seattle Times
article? Even as I write that, my guess would be
Google News or some other such combination site …
I don’t recall for sure, but I believe it was memigo.com.
Fiscal conservativism
Nicholas Kristof wrote a column on Bush’s budget here in…