Bush: Congress like 'teenager with a credit card'

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President Bush, delivering another budget veto to a Democratic-led Congress whose spending he calls out-of-control, accuses leaders of "acting like a teenager with a new credit card.''

This is one of the promised lines that Bush will deliver at a speech at the Grand Theater in New Albany, Indiana, today, part of a continuing attack on congressional spending. And with it, Bush has vetoed another spending bill, a $150-billion health, education and labor bill which the White House faults for $10 billion in excessive spending and too much "pork.''

The congressional majority "was elected on a pledge of fiscal responsibility, but so far it is acting like a teenager with a new credit card,'' Bush plans to say, according to excerpts of the speech released by the Office of Management and Budget. "This year alone, leaders in Congress are proposing to spend $22 billion more than my budget provides.

"Some of them claim this is not really much of a difference – and the scary part is that they seem to mean it,'' Bush is prepared t say. "Over five years, their proposed spending spree adds up to an extra $205 billion. Put another way, that is about $1,300 in higher spending every second, of every minute, of every hour, of every day, of every year – for the next five years.''

There's more: "Congress is not picky about how to raise taxes. To them, every bill on the floor is an opportunity for a tax hike. Congress has proposed tax increases in the farm bill … the energy bill … the small business bill … and the children’s health bill. If you find a bill that doesn’t have a tax increase in it, just wait a while – chances are they’ll add one in.