Dick Cheney On Bush-Era Spending: “I Think We Could Have Done A Better Job”

During this weekend’s celebration of President Ronald Reagan‘s 100th Birthday, former Vice-President Dick Cheney participated in an interview where he was asked whether the Bush administration did enough to control government spending, and he admitted “I think we could have done a better job on spending.”

Cheney seemed willing to accept the fact that the Republican brand may have been tarnished because of so much federal spending; however, he attempted to justify it by suggesting that the war on terror required a lot of expensive activity to make sure the nation was kept safe. He also delivered a veiled jab at congressional Republicans of the time, seeming to suggest that when Republicans controlled Congress, it was hard for the Bush administration to veto a spending bill that came from his own party.

After reflecting on the past, Cheney turned to current affairs and concluded, “I’m glad to see that the Congress now, I believe the Republicans, appear to be serious about going after some of that spending.”

Watch the clip below from C-Span:

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