You lost that one the second your fingers hit the keyboard.
One single spending bill, mostly pork, that exceeds the entire amount spent on the war in Iraq so far by over $200 billion. And there's another trillion or so coming down the pike with the new TARP money.
Bush and the Republicans in Congress did a shitty job of restraining government spending (and not just military spending either.) But the word "deficit" should never cross Democratic lips again.