picture. social security, medicare, and more. the budget perhaps predictably is being viewed through the polarized partisan prison. republicans say it ignores red ink and the voters demand for less spending. because of our budget, this share of spending will be at its lowest level since dwight eisenhower was president. that level of spending is lower than it was under the last lee administrations and it will be lower than it was under ronald reagan. the president s budget is a clear sign that he does not take our fiscal problems seriously. let s get perspective from two veterans of washington spending wars. robert rich weich and david wal. gentlemen, i want to try to do something very rare in