DTB, You lead us to a link that was supposed to show that welfare costs grew under Clinton. I read the link and yes, it does say they grew but not any faster than the rate of inflation and in fact it even mentions Mr. Bush were it says Bush will be spending even more than Clinton. The following is a quote from the link.
"Again, although we do not yet have program by program spending projections from the Bush administration, the broad budget function figures we do have allow for the same rate of growth in cash, food, and housing as Clinton?s plan. Moreover, the Bush figures would permit more rapid growth in health spending. Thus, clearly, President Bush?s plan does not require cuts in welfare spending or even a slowdown in the rate of spending growth"