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"Liberal critics stand on equally weak ground when they claim Bush has failed to spend money on social problems, including health care and education. Overall spending is up nearly 16 percent since Bush took office. During his first three years, Bush increased outlays for the Department of Education by 60 percent, for Health and Human services by 21.6 percent, for Housing and Urban Development by 6 percent, for Veterans Affairs by 29.4 percent, for the Department of the Interior by 23.4 percent, for the Department of Labor by 56 percent, for Agriculture, by 8.5 percent, for Defense, 27.6 percent.6 Federal spending increased from 18.4 percent of GDP in 2000 to over 20 percent of GDP in 2004. Spending for non-defense programs now equals a whopping 16 percent of GDP.7 "