Hey Big Spender...

Cato has a damning analysis of Bush's spending growth while being in office.

Some highlights:

• Total government spending grew by 33 percent during Bush'’s first term
• federal budget as a share of the economy grew from 18.5 percent of GDP on Clinton’s last day in office to 20.3 percent by the end of Bush’s first term
• 101 biggest government programs that the GOP promised to abolish in 1995. Have instead seen their budgets grow by 27 percent.
• Inflation-adjusted nondefense spending has grown by a total of 23 percent between fiscal 2001 and 2005. That’s faster than the growth over Clinton’s entire presidency."

The Cato Institute is a small government think tank, so do take the source into account.