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By Bonnie Kristian at 12:51PM
Feb 3, 2010

With government, "change" almost always means a change to more government.

And "bringing new ideas to Washington" means new ideas for how to spend your money.  Bush's budgets were horrific, of course, but Obama has definitely made things worse (particularly note that large increase in aggressive war -- er, defense -- spending):

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By Seth Man at 9:59AM
Jan 14, 2010

Peace Candidate: Obama wants record $708 billion for wars next year

From the AP:

Obama wants record $708 billion for wars next year

President Barack Obama will ask Congress for an additional $33 billion to fight unpopular wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on top of a record $708 billion for the Defense Department next year, The Associated Press has learned - a request that could be an especially hard sell to some of the administration's Democratic allies.

The extra $33 billion in 2010 would mostly go toward the expansion of the war in Afghanistan. Obama ordered an extra 30,000 troops for that war as part of an overhaul of the war strategy late last year.

Military officials have suggested that the 2011 request would top $700 billion for the first time, but the precise figure has not been made public.


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By Preston Mui at 9:22PM
Sep 11, 2009

Balancing the Budget with a Gorilla

Political Math takes issue with Obama's plan for fiscal responsibility:

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