Democrats Offer Big-Government Response to Bush Budget

"There was a hint of 1980s nostalgia in the way lawmakers reacted to President Bush's latest budget plan. Leading Democrats updated their hoary denunciations of President Reagan's budgets while most Republicans hit long-forgotten Reaganesque notes as they defended Bush's vision on tax burdens, spending levels and national security.

To most Democrats, Bush wants to spend too little on social programs and too much on national security." --By Mike Franc, Human Events