"For years, conservative Republicans railed against "unfunded mandates" -- costs imposed on states and localities by Washington absent the money to carry them out. Bush, oddly, is emerging as the king of unfunded mandates." Article: TAP: Web Feature: State Starvation. by Robert Kuttner. May 1, 2003. Is it just me, or is Bush a truly, really terrible president?

Well, it's definitely not me.