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From: tedrick@ernie.berkeley.edu.BERKELEY.EDU (Tom Tedrick)
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Subject: Re: Line Item Veto at Presidential Level
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Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 00:35:36 EST
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>Is the line item veto a step away from democracy in the name of efficiency?

Well, I am not clear about whether it is a good idea in theory, but
it really did seem to work pretty well in California when Reagan was
Governor. I would suggest trying it for a couple years to see how it
works.