I think it normally works this way: 1) The President proposes a budget, and 2) Congress passes the budget. If you look historically, almost all budgets were within 3% (plus or minus) of what each President has proposed.
On Nov 11, 2012, at 10:08 AM, Craig wrote: > On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 07:11:46 -0500 Jon Agne <jonag...@gwi.net> wrote: > >> I do not understand anyone can completely blame the federal debt on >> Democrats. Under Reagan, the FD rose from approximately $900 billion >> to approximately $2.8 trillion...that's about 211%. And I liked Reagan >> and voted for him twice, but lets keep our eye on the FACTS here. > > Like I said, the FACT is that while government income rose by a factor of > two under Reagan, spending rose by a factor of three. That shows the real > problem is in Congress, which was controlled by Democrats at the time, > though both sides are guilty. > > Should Reagan have vetoed the budgets, like Clinton did? It's easy to > look back and say yes. The Democrats promised Reagan a spending cut if he > would increase taxes. He did increase taxes, but he is still waiting for > the spending cut. > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
