The blue line on the top is the path plotted by the Bush administration in 2001 when they brought us their first budget. They said, this is the path that we expect to follow. This was the basic baseline of the budget, before the Bush policies that were projected back in 2001. That is how good things looked. This is how bad things are now 3 short years later.
Discussing the impact of the Bush administration's budget policies.
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