On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 02:44:11 +0000, Stanley Barthfarkle wrote:


BTW- Presidents don't set
the budget- Congress does. Presidents who are given a LINE ITEM VETO would
do much to reduce Congress' wasteful spending and irrelevant allocation
attachments to otherwise good bills.

Didn't pass high school civics? Presidents do set the budget. They
submit them to Congress, who then appropriates the money. A line item
veto was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, meaning it would
take a Constitutional Amendment to reinstate it. The Constitution has
provided us a stability and heritage that has lasted 250 years, why is it
that Republicans find it inadequate? Line item vetoes, gay marriages,
term limits, prayer in the schools, abortion prohibition, balanced budget,
....

CONGRESS is your culprit regarding budget deficits, kids.

You overlook the President's signature. It is needed.

* Extra points question- Who won the party majority in Congress in '94 ?
Who bit the bullet, reigned in spending, and helped to get that budget
deficit into the surplus column? Anyone?

* Answer- Republicans

I believe they are still in the majority in Congress. Notice anything on
this graph?

http://lilt.ilstu.edu/gmklass/pos138...budgetbill.jpg