Hitting the Federal ATM, Again

• Apparently, It Does Grow on Trees: After an $800 billion stimulus bill, the President's budget increases spending by $1 trillion over 10 years, includes an additional $250 billion placeholder for another bailout, and calls for a pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) law while astonishingly violating that rule by $3.4 trillion.
• More Deficits and More Debt: The President's budget leaves permanent deficits averaging $600 billion even after the economy recovers and doubles the publicly held national debt to over $15 trillion ($12.5 trillion after inflation).
• To Pay for Historic Government Expansion: The 25% spending increase in the President's budget represents the largest non-war government expansion since the New Deal. Domestic discretionary spending (including the stimulus funds) has been hiked by nearly 80% over 2008 levels.
• When Is It Enough? After multiple bailouts, an $800 billion stimulus bill, an omnibus spending bill, major Medicare expansion, SCHIP expansion, and now a historic tax and spend budget, all in less than eight weeks, when is it enough?

Doubling Down, Again

• Bush v. Obama: Bush expanded the federal budget by a historic $700 billion. Obama would add another $1 trillion. Bush increased federal education spending 58% faster than inflation. Obama would double it.
• Bush v. Obama, Round 2: Bush became the first President to spend 3% of GDP on federal antipoverty programs. Obama has already increased it to 20%.
• Bush v. Obama, Round 3: Bush reduced taxes by nearly $2 trillion. Even after Obama's tax cuts, he still will raise them by a total of $1.4 trillion.
• Bush v. Obama, Round 4: In 2007, before the recession, Washington spent $24,172 per household. Obama would increase that to $32,463 per household.
• Bush v. Obama Scorecard: While President Obama has framed his budget as a break from "failed policies" of the Bush Administration, it is in fact a doubling down on borrowing, spending, and bailing out.

More Taxes, Again

• Spreading the Wealth: The President's budget raises taxes by $1 trillion over the next decade on those earning over $250,000. This means raising taxes for 3.2 million taxpayers by an average of $300,000 during that time.
• Yes, Even the "95%" Are Taxed: Through his proposed cap-and-trade system, the President would be raising taxes on all Americans while crippling the manufacturing sector and destroying jobs. Warren Buffet called it a "regressive tax," correctly identifying that it will be borne by all American energy consumers.

That '70s Show

• Back to the Future: President Obama's budget returns us to the economic policies starting in 1952 and culminating with Jimmy Carter's high taxes, high spending, and Keynesian economics--which resulted in high recession rates, high inflation, high interest rates, and a stagnant stock market.
• More Carter Than Carter? Lawmakers should reject this budget and hold the President to his pledge of fiscal responsibility.

For more on President Obama's budget, visit:http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/18/buying-big-government-what-the-obama-budget-will-cost-youagain.