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OT Howard Dean in 2004
"Gould 0738" wrote in message ... 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) . 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 |