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From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.politics
Subject: Re: Re starving people and Reagan
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Date: Wed, 23-Nov-83 10:11:11 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 23 10:11:11 1983
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Once more we hear from one of those who slept through
Government 101.  Let me splain it to you once again.
It is the Congess that authorizes the amount of money
to be spent by the Government, NOT the President.
Specifically, it is the House that controls the purse
strings.  Look it up.  The House has been under the control
of the Democratic party for over 30 years.  Get the picture?
The military budget is still one helluva lot less than the
total of all the social programs.  Look to the source of
our current economic problems, not to the President just
because you don't like him.  I could just as well blame
Mickey Mouse for the national debt.  Remember, Congress
appropriates the money to be used by the executive branch.
The executive branch then uses the money to carry out the
programs authorized by Congress.  This might be a little
simplistic, but I am just damned tired of hearing the
same old hogwash about presidential spending.  If you
want to really get upset over spending, read the
Congressional Record at your library.  It is a real
eye opener.