Line-Item Veto
I am in principle opposed to a line item veto. That power belongs to the Congress.
However, I am also in principle opposed to federal power being exerted, unrestrained, over domestic matters. The court refuses to enforce the Tenth Amendment.
As such, I am in favor of a line-item veto. Wielded effectively -- as a President McCain would -- it can drastically cut pork.
I don't know how it can pass Constitutional muster though. It's been rejected once already, although even at the time, people said it could be fixed. I hope so.
However, I am also in principle opposed to federal power being exerted, unrestrained, over domestic matters. The court refuses to enforce the Tenth Amendment.
As such, I am in favor of a line-item veto. Wielded effectively -- as a President McCain would -- it can drastically cut pork.
I don't know how it can pass Constitutional muster though. It's been rejected once already, although even at the time, people said it could be fixed. I hope so.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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