随着对阿富汗和伊拉克开战，同时在国内增加国家安全的开支，军事开支大大增加，但布什政府却从未向美国人民解释这些经费从何而来。
The Bush administration raised military spending sharply as it went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and as it increased spending on national security at home, without ever explaining to the American people how this would be financed.