Ignoring deficit spending, Wash. Post's soon-to-be economics reporter asserted Bush "is pay[ing] for the war" with other cuts in budget

SUMMARY: The Washington Post's Michael Fletcher asserted that President Bush "is generally against tax increases as he believes they stifle economic growth. So his idea is to pay for the war by cutting back elsewhere in the budget." In fact, inflation-adjusted non-defense discretionary outlays have risen each year since Bush took office; Bush has actually paid for the war by deficit spending.

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