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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (242081)	1/14/2014 11:19:17 AM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541345

I did state budgets for 20 years. Departments (AKa gov/pres) can make line item changes all through the budget. The executive has tremendous authority to move money from one program to another. The congress/legislature does not involve itself in the budget much after it goes to the different Departments. So he just has to tell his Secretaries that this is a priority and for them to bring him ideas. I was always moving money around from one program to another. For another, as I understand it, he can raise the pay of federal contractors without congress. This puts more money in the pockets of the workers. I don't know all the things an executive can do but there are a lot.