Posted on 09/10/2008 7:39:52 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
***Too much spending and too little economic growth. The GOP is as much to blame as the Donks.***
And let’s not forget it.
***As Walter Williams says, when someone is caught counterfeiting, they should just say they were engaging in monetary policy.***
That would be hilarious if it wasn’t so depressingly true.
That is why we need someone in the Whitehouse like Sarah Palin who isn’t afraid to use the veto pen on spending.
Unfortunately, somehow the courts decided that the “line-item” VETO was unconstitutional....
Boy - how spending is upside down!
So many parts of that list the Government has ZERO legitimate reason to have any hand at all in..
The only two categories in that list that I see a LEGITIMATE reason for increased funding (and would actually like to see more):
National Defense (we are truly facing a world on the edge - and we need the resources to be prepare.
Veterans Benefits - we have to take care of those who defend us and have given a part of their life for our country.
The problem is that in order to get Palin we have to go through McCain.
Much damage can be done before a fiscal conservative gets in...enough damage that even the best can't really do much more than let the system collapse under its own weight.
And I believe we are FAR closer to that point than most people will admit. How can we possibly continue to exist as a country with such out-of-control deficit spending?
In my opinion, there are VERY few things that are worthy of the Federal Government spending borrowed money...
It is the vast insane social programs (from SS, Welfare, Education, etc.) that are going to bankrupt this country - and none of those social programs are constitutionally viable.
http://www.myheritagemedia.org/MediaDetail.aspx?MID=5909
The fact of the matter is that the Government has failed at its two most basic tasks: protecting us from external, foreign enemies and protecting us from internal threats. The 9/11 terrorist attacks and the continued nonchalance with regards to illegal aliens (particularly the ones with criminal records) are evidence for both.
Instead we borrow our way into the hole with all sorts of unconstitutional Socialist tripe.
Which means that in the 6 years prior, when Republicans ran the show, federal expenditures were up over $800 billion. And that's an improvement how?
Anyone who really thinks that either candidate will reign in spending is only deluding themselves.
The line item veto is rightfully unconstitutional. The veto power pertains to the whole bill, not parts of it. There are obviously aspects of the line item veto power that are appealing such as trimming pork etc. however there are dangerous aspects that go along with that power. Basically a line item veto insures that the president gets what HE wants out of a bill. If in the case of a bipartisan compromise bill, a president should cut out all the things one side wanted that made the bill a compromise, where would the incentive be to ever compromise on a bill?
The line item veto gives the president a certain degree of legislative power since he is in effect editing the bill that comes from Congress rather than approving or rejecting the bill. Congress legislates and the president enforces.
JMO
I agree. Call me backwards or old fashioned, but somehow I get the idea that the federal government is only allowed to do what the Constitution specifically allows it to do, with remaining powers reserved to the states or to the people, so long as the Constitution has not already specifically denied those powers to the same.
Defense (including veterans’ benefits) would/should make up the bulk of spending. Then there would be things like government salaries, jails, post offices, and the various costs of laws enacted in compliance with and to carry out these powers.
*** And I believe we are FAR closer to that point than most people will admit. How can we possibly continue to exist as a country with such out-of-control deficit spending?
In my opinion, there are VERY few things that are worthy of the Federal Government spending borrowed money...
It is the vast insane social programs (from SS, Welfare, Education, etc.) that are going to bankrupt this country - and none of those social programs are constitutionally viable.***
Couldn’t agree more.
Why are we paying for “community development”?
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