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To: TimF who wrote (381210)	9/6/2010 10:48:00 AM
From: Bearcatbob	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793914

Tim, I am beginning to think that we have some flaws in the Constitution that may require amendments to fix. The whole spending and budgeting process needs reform. A line item veto seems like the first thing - but it seems from your post that it is far more complex than that. A populist congress mindset - D or R - is simply ruining our nation. Bob

To: TimF who wrote (381210)	9/6/2010 11:21:45 AM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 793914

Getting Rid of Use it Or Lose it Budgeting In my career I had an annual budget of a million dollars or so in order to manage forest stands under my care. Some of that money came from stumpage receipts, some was appropriated. Every year I had to balance my trust fund accounts, and receipts were increased or decreased in order to collect the funds needed to do prescribed work. In other words, I never had more or less trust fund money than I needed to do what was required. Work I did with appropriated funds cost what it cost. If there was money left over, it was used by those above my pay grade to balance shortages. I never tried to use it up myself because that just never made sense to me.