Keep drinking the Koolaid KK. 1% cut in the discretionary programs matched with a much larger increase in the even more wasteful (and I'm talking merely about beauracratic inefficiency) defense spending doesn't equal a positive change, it's a turn in the "right" direction.
As for education - an educated populace is the only thing we currently have in our favor to fight off China and India. We're now flushing that down the toilet - cuts in loans, cuts in Science funding. Way to go W! Please take your diversionary jealousy about Financial Aid elsewhere KK.