Rodent Regatta

Our first goal is clear: We must have an economy that grows fast enough to employ every man and woman who seeks a job.

After recession, terrorist attacks, corporate scandals, and stock market declines, our economy is recovering yet it is not growing fast enough, or strongly enough. With unemployment rising, our Nation needs more small businesses to open, more companies to invest and expand, more employers to put up the sign that says, ”Help Wanted.”

George W. Bush
2003 State of the Union Address

We must work together to fund only our most important priorities. I will send you a budget that increases discretionary spending by four percent next year about as much as the average family’s income is expected to grow. And that is a good benchmark for us: Federal spending should not rise any faster than the paychecks of American families.

George W. Bush
2003 State of the Union Address