Can McCain save America ?

I think it's a noble idea too....but how in world do you in serious practice make "earmarks" illlegal? You would have send every proposed bill and resolution to court for litigation.


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This is one of his pet peeves. He thinks they should be illegal (as do I).
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reagan was the beginning of hyper deficits. give me Ron Paul any day.
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True...he was spending our way out of the JImmy Carter staggflation ( no sure if you were around then, but 18% inflation with 10% unemployment..int. rates were 18-21%(...but his freedom to business created silicon valey and allowed the creation of business and allowed Bill gates to take on IBM and Mike Dell to sell computers from a garage.
 
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Just give the President line item veto, that's all.
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thats such a crock Yani....half the time its the Prez who is to blame..plus ....its unconstitutional...
 
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thats such a crock Yani....half the time its the Prez who is to blame..plus ....its unconstitutional...
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Disagree on all counts: Congress is the main culprit here and line item veto has been pronounced perfectly doable (with a bit of work) in a way that's consistent with our Constitution several times. But Congress would have a fit - that's half of their power right there!
 
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True...he was spending our way out of the JImmy Carter staggflation ( no sure if you were around then, but 18% inflation with 10% unemployment..int. rates were 18-21%(...but his freedom to business created silicon valey and allowed the creation of business and allowed Bill gates to take on IBM and Mike Dell to sell computers from a garage.
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oil prices caused the spike in rates... not Carter's fault. but they did the right thing instead of printing their way out with fiat money.

the oil crises preceeded carter.
 
Come to think of it, I believe that most states have given line item veto to their Governors - Bush said that he had it in Texas, and the then Governor of NJ, what's her name, Whitman, agreed.
 
By whom? Who is it that pronounces anything as "perfectly doable," other than the Supreme Court?

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Disagree on all counts: Congress is the main culprit here and line item veto has been pronounced perfectly doable (with a bit of work) in a way that's consistent with our Constitution several times. But Congress would have a fit - that's half of their power right there!
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Quote from Yannis:

Disagree on all counts: Congress is the main culprit here and line item veto has been pronounced perfectly doable (with a bit of work) in a way that's consistent with our Constitution several times. But Congress would have a fit - that's half of their power right there!
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How much of our budget is allocated to the wars???
 
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