| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - No question about it.Take almost any yardstick and Bush generally exceeds the spending of his predecessors.When adjusted for inflation, discretionary spending-or budget items that Congress and the president can control, including defense and domestic programs, but not entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare-shot up at an average annual rate of 5.3 percent during Bush's first six years,
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