REPUBLICANS AREN'T CONSERVATIVE: Exhibit #8000!
'Big Government' Getting Bigger Under Bush

From Reuters via the Washington Post:

The era of big government, if it ever went away, has returned full-throttle under President Bush, who came to office championing "conservative ideas" as an alternative.

A report released on Friday by the Brookings Institution think tank and New York University said the "true size" of the federal work force -- which includes employees for federal contractors and grant recipients -- grew by more than one million, to 12.1 million, from October 1999 to October 2002.

The increase was linked to the war on terrorism that Bush launched after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, as well as to growth at the Department of Health and Human Services and other domestic agencies, the report said.

I guess the Republicans don't really mind "big government" as long as it's working for them. Buncha lousy hypocrites...click here.

Thanks to my old buddy, Matt, for the link.

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