[Rhodes22-list] Politics and discussion between Slim, Brad, et al.

[DCLewis1 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/10/2006 8:11:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
3drecon at comcast.net writes:

The  other thing, Dave, is ALL spending bills come out of the Congress.   The
Congress during Reagan's and Geo H.W. Bush's time was Democrat,  neither
Republican nor Conservative.  The current crop of Republicans  didn't hold
down spending and acted like Democrats and guess what happened.  . . no you
don't have to guess, read the news, they are  out.




Philip,  
 
You and I know that Congress is a part of the problem.  We also know  that 
the Congress doesn't prepare the budget, the President prepares and submits  his 
budget - that's principally what the gazillion uniformed and civilian  people 
in Washington do.  What the Congress does is authorize and  appropriate $.    
Really that's not quite fair, Congress and  staffers do muck around in 
things, but the reality is there are several thousand  Congressional staffers and 
there are hundreds of thousands of "President's"  staffers, there really isn't 
sufficient time for Congressional staffers to  prepare a detailed and balanced 
budget - that's the President's job.
 
Congress has wrestled with ways to develop a balanced budget, but really it  
requires leadership from the President.  If the President is on board,  maybe 
they can do it.  If the President could care less about a balanced  budget, it 
won't happen.  The President has the resources to make it  happen.
 
Dave