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| Bush Puts Line-Item Veto 'Front and Center' |
| 2004-11-14 |
| Posted by:.com |
| #9 Well hell. I guess that means we'll just have to kill Congress. Sigh. Oh, okay. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-14 8:03:28 PM |
| #8 No matter how you slice it, it's still unconstitutional. |
| Posted by: someone 2004-11-14 7:58:50 PM |
| #7 I remember the first year Clinton used the line-item veto; he basically used it to kill 100 million dollars or so worth of funding, a great deal of it having to do with _real_ reusable spacecraft work at DARPA. He managed to find the one federal program I thought at the time was worth anything, and cancel it. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-11-14 7:30:32 PM |
| #6 This would prolly mean that they wouldn't have gotten that Liberace Museum up in one of the Dakotas (don't remember which) which received, IIRC, $4M tax dollars during the Clintoon Era. I don't remember the exact reason why we needed to pay for it, either, but I'm sure it would wrench your heart right outta your chest. Camelot II. What a time it was. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-14 6:34:00 PM |
| #5 Good list RJ - Let's add a completely flat, deduction-free income tax or (preferably) a retail consumption tax to replace our current tax morass. And while we're at it I think it's hight time we developed a regulatory budget to track, catalog & control the damage our government is doing to our economy. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2004-11-14 6:29:09 PM |
| #4 (1) Balanced Budget ammendment (2) Line item veto (3) Manditory twilight/review clause in every law (4) Review (and rewrite, cancellation, or renewal) of old laws 4 simple points to a better functioning government. |
| Posted by: RJ Schwarz 2004-11-14 6:15:15 PM |
| #3 no, but the ability to punish vindictive Dems and RINO's who get off the reservation is too delicious |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-14 3:49:51 PM |
| #2 This isn't worth the effort they're putting into it. Key quotes: President Clinton used the power 82 times that year to strike specific wasteful pork projects in larger spending bills, saving taxpayers nearly $2 billion. With the federal deficit currently at a record high, Congress should approve the President’s plan. This would undoubtedly go a long way toward reversing the dangerous government spending spree that has largely contributed to a whopping $422 billion deficit for 2004. Simply put, even if they manage to pass a line-item veto there won't be sufficient opportunities to exercise it to really put a dent in the deficits. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2004-11-14 3:47:21 PM |
#1 Opponents, led by SenatorIf he's against it, that's the best reason I can think of to be for it. Seriously, this will probably require a Constitutional amendment. Good luck getting it passed. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-14 12:04:13 PM |