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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (126457)	2/10/2001 6:18:04 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 769667

>>Congress always appropriated less, not more, than Reagan requested. A lie. Led by the big spenders in the Dem House, Congress always spent far above what Reagan requested. IN fact, the Dems breached every agreement to cut spending.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (126457)	2/10/2001 6:22:42 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

So what did Congress do with Reagan's budgets, you might ask? Well, they passed exactly the same amount of non-discretionary spending that Reagan asked for, and then they cut $150 billion from the discretionary spending he asked for over the course of his eight years. teleport.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (126457)	2/10/2001 6:26:29 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

As reported on the previous page, the House Appropriations Committee conducted a study that compared Reagan's concrete proposals to what Congress actually passed, not what was spent afterwards. And it found that Reagan asked for $29.4 billion more than Congress passed. huppi.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (126457)	2/10/2001 6:39:02 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

One final note, had Mr. Reagan truly wanted to get spending 'under control' he could have. Republicans controlled the senate for the first six years of the Reagan term and would have upheld any or all of his vetoes. Another interesting note, Mr. Reagan never vetoed a single spending bill in eight years and never proposed to congress the cuts needed to balance the budget. If you believe the "buck stops on the president's desk," then Mr. Reagan must be blamed for the spending increases and the resulting deficits during his term. members.tripod.com