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(Wash. D.C.) -- Bush Proposes $12.7 billion Program to Teach Limited Government Philosophy to School Children.

In a proposal widely seen as an effort to shore up support among limited government advocates within Bush's Republican base, the President today announced a $12.7 billion spending program aimed at teaching school children the importance of limited government. A source close to Karl Rove was quoted as saying, "This is just what the Administration needs to do in order to reach out to those voters who indentify ideologically with free markets and the original ideals of the Founding Fathers. We've got spending plans in place for everyone else in the Republican coalition. This was long over do." No reaction yet from anyone who actually believes in limited government or a free society.

UPDATE: Radley Balko responds -- Why Limited Government Republicans Should Vote Dean for President.

UPDATE 2: ScappleFace has news of another new Bush spending proposal.

UPDATE 3: Andrew Sullivan reacts to yet another Bush spending proposal: "LET THE KIDS PAY FOR IT: I'm talking about this $170 billion foray into space. After all, the next generation will be paying for a collapsed social security system, a bankrupted Medicare program, soaring interest on the public debt, as well as coughing up far higher taxes to keep some semblance of a government in operation. But, hey, the president needed another major distraction the week before the Iowa caucuses, and since he won't be around to pick up the bill, why the hell not? Deficits don't matter, after all. And what's a few hundred billion dollars over the next few decades anyway? Chickenfeed for the big and bigger government now championed by the Republicans. This space initiative is, for me, the last fiscal straw. There comes a point at which the excuses for fiscal recklessness run out. The president campaigned in favor of the responsibility ethic. He has governed - in terms of guarding the nation's finances - according to the motto: "If it feels good, do it.""