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Exactly what did Clinton propose?
Well, he has proposed to increase military spending by $27.5 billion from 1997-2002, while planning to increase environmental spending by only $0.5 billion over the same period. The EPA increase is less than the rate of inflation, while the military increase is greater than the inflation rate!
Below is a summary of the President's Budget, extracted from the budget tables produced by the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Even though Clinton has proposed significant increases in the budget for Education and for Housing and Urban Development, these increases, $5.3 billion and $13.7 billion, even combined with small increases for EPA, Health and Human Services, etc. still do not add up to the whopping $27.5 billion increase for MILITARY spending.
And if you think the Clinton proposal is bad, just wait until the Republican Congress presents its budget!
Actual
Agency 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Legislative Branch ................ 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5
The Judiciary ..................... 2.8 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8
Executive Office Of the President ..0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Funds Appropriated to the Pres.... 10.8 10.8 15.6 11.9 11.8 11.4 11.3
Agriculture .......................15.3 15.3 15.1 15.2 15.4 15.5 15.8
Commerce .......................... 3.7 3.8 4.2 4.9 6.1 4.0 4.0
Defense-Military .................253.6 250.9 251.6 257.2 263.5 270.3 278.4
Defense-Civil ......................3.4 3.5 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4
Education .........................21.4 26.2 29.1 29.8 30.5 31.1 31.5
Energy ............................16.4 16.5 19.2 17.6 16.7 16.3 15.8
Health and Human Services .........33.2 34.1 36.3 36.6 36.8 37.1 37.4
Housing and Urban Development .....21.7 19.3 24.8 28.4 30.3 31.7 33.0
Interior ...........................7.1 6.9 7.4 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.5
Justice ...........................14.6 16.3 17.1 17.8 16.8 17.0 17.5
Labor ..............................9.4 10.2 10.8 10.6 10.6 10.7 10.9
State ..............................4.7 4.8 5.1 5.8 4.9 5.0 5.0
Transportation ....................12.7 12.8 12.5 13.7 13.9 14.1 14.3
Treasury ..........................10.4 10.6 11.8 11.8 11.4 11.6 11.8
Veterans Affairs ..................18.3 18.9 18.7 18.7 18.7 18.7 18.7
Environmental Protection Agency ....6.5 6.8 7.6 7.7 7.1 7.2 7.3
General Services Administration ....0.2 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
National Aeronautics & Space Adm...13.9 13.7 13.5 13.4 13.2 13.2 13.2
Office of Personnel Management .....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Small Business Administration ......0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Social Security Administration .....5.0 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5
Other Independent Agencies ........14.0 11.7 13.6 10.8 10.9 10.7 10.7
Total ............................502.5 505.8 530.5 535.4 542.5 549.4 560.6
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