Bush's dream and 'responsible' budgeting

Among the flaws in Bush's programme, as Skillen points out, is that under his presidency the "country has jumped off the budget cliff into deficits and a mounting national debt never seen before." Now Bush is planning to send Americans back to the moon and on to Mars, and even to create permanent human colonies there. All the same, the White House is insisting, somewhat implausibly, that Bush will propose a responsible budget for the US government.