Mr President ... your pants are on fire

BUSH: Non-homeland, non-defense discretionary spending was raising at 15 percent a year when I got into office. And today it's less than 1 percent, because we're working together to try to bring this deficit under control.

I guess he ain't working quite hard enough. The chart above and the data below are from the Congressional Budget Office. (Thanks to Marginal Revolution):

• Nixon/Ford: 6.8% per year
• Carter: 2.0% per year
• Reagan: -1.3% per year
• Bush 1: 4.0% per year
• Clinton: 2.5% per year
• Bush Jr: 8.2% per year

The most amazing thing about the presidential election is that Bush is still in it at all. People are going to get the government they deserve if they vote for a second Bush administration.
FactCheck.org on Debate lies galore.
Lots of charts indicating how bad Government spending is under Bush from the Congressional Budget Office