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rickw@eskimo.com (Richard Wojcik) wrote:

>>I don't believe it. Another person who has been scammed about Reagonomics.
>>Look at all the facts. Mainly, that bond laws changed PRIOR to Reagan
>>becomming president, and that CONGREESS controls the budget, not the
>>President. The President can only sign the budget, or veto it. Thre real
>>cause of the budget escalation is "Entitlements", started what, around
>>Kennedy's and Johnson's time?
>
>Oops!  Be careful.  That business about CONGRESS controling the budget was
>the party line before the Republicans gained control of Congress.  Now they
>don't control the budget any longer.  The president does.  ;-)  It is
>fairly easy to see that the president does not introduce budgets, but
>Congress cannot just ignore him, either.  Reagan pretty much had his way
>with Congress.  He was able to gain enough Democratic votes (conservative
>Democrats, to be sure--you've seen a few of them abandonning ship for the
>other party recently) to add to the Republican minority.  The only thing
>stopping the Republican Congress now is that they can't get enough votes to
>override a veto.  Hence, they are forced to take the president's wishes
>into account, just as they were under Reagan, who had more control of
>Congress than Clinton does.  

Yes and he also ignores that under Reagan the Senate was Republican
also for 6 years. 



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