George Will on George Bush

I like it. Muchos thanks to swampthing for sending this along:

Republicans are swiftly forfeiting the perception that they are especially responsible stewards of government finances. It is surreal for a Republican president to submit a budget to a Republican-controlled Congress and have Republican legislators vow to remove the “waste” that he has included and that they have hitherto funded.

The president does indeed propose killing 65 programs and substantially curtailing 63. But even if Congress fully complies, which it won’t, the savings would be just $4.9 billion — a rounding error in a $2.4 trillion budget. That $4.9 billion would pay less than six days’ interest on the national debt.