I was listening to C-SPAN on the way home last night as they replayed Josh Bolten's (Bush's Budget Director) press conference on the FY07 Budget. In response to a reporter's question about Medicaid cuts, Bolten was adamant that President Bush was not proposing a cut, "it's a reduction in the rate of growth," he said.
Ask President Bush about his global warming plan, which is to (voluntarily) reduce the rate of growth of emissions and he'll be more than happy to call it a "cut in greenhouse gas intensity."
Sometimes it's a cut, sometimes a reduction in the rate of growth--you just have to know how to speak the language.
Isn't it great when apples are apples until they're oranges?