It gets spent either way -- but on what?

A few weeks ago President Bush vetoed the children's health care bill, citing cost as one of the main issues.  He also lashed out at Congress for exceeding his spending limit for the overall 2008 budget.  Yet, Bush submitted a Pentagon budget that called for a significant increase in funds compared to last year.

As Congressman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) said on Wednesday, President Bush is trying to have it both ways.  He complains about spending, yet turns around and increases it on other things, while still claiming to be a fiscal conservative:

“Republicans say there’s excessive spending. We agree. Two-hundredbillion [dollars] for Iraq is excessive,” said Rep. Rahm Emanuel(Ill.), chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

Bush has repeatedly threatened to veto Democratic spending bills that come in higher than the budget numbers he has set.

That is $800 million each day on the war.

The debate is about what you spend your money on, not whether you spend anything -- because both sides are doing it.  The Democrats just think that investing in our children's health is much more cost-efficient and better in the long run than investing in military contractors and bombs that don't even help our foreign policy.