"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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It doesn't matter. Presidents only sign the budget that Congress puts
before them. It's *Congress* that spends the money and creates the
deficits.

And the president's job to stop reckless spending, or at least try, with a
veto.

How many spending bills has GWB vetoed so far? (Hint, the answer is a
number
less than one)

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The major problem with that is the major pork is added as amendments to very
important spending bills e.g. transportation bill. The Iraq spending bill,
had something like 80(0?) million in non related pork added. If the
spending bill is passed, the money has to be spent. In the old days,
pre-Nixon the Executive branch just did not spend the money. Was allocated,
but not spent. Congress (Democrat controlled at the time) went to court and
got a ruling that required the President (Exec Branch) to spend all
allocated money. So the deficits are Congress's. But the CEO gets the
blame or credit.
Bill