Mb,
Please explain how a Presidential Veto works in this matter?
Veto's are used by the President when a Bill is provided to him to be signed into law if he wishes to kill the Bill. Congress can overcome a Presidential Veto by a vote assuming they have enough votes to do so.
The powers to declare War are left with Congress.
The President as Commander-in-Chief fights the War. Congress pays for the war by means of appropriation Bills which must be signed by the President or Vetoed.
Mark,
The war in Iraq although not cheap but its cost pales in comparison to the Social Programs (Entitlement Programs) in the Federal Budget. The deficit spending has gone on for ages in wartime and out of wartime.
Too right the government cannot continue to carry this on.
Politician math would fail Accounting 101 at any half rate university.
An example...Congress would make us believe our (Old Age Pension equivalent) is currently financially sound but headed for disaster as we Baby Boomers reach retirement age.
They ignore the original concept was meant to be a temporary program during the Depression, with participation being voluntary, and self sustaining financially.
Yet, here we are all those years later, and none of that applies.
The funds held by the Social Security fund were not invested....but merely loaned to the Federal Government General Fund to be spent by the Congress in a willy nilly fashion. Thus when the bill comes due....where is that pot of money going to come from?
We are in greater peril from our own Congress than we are any number of terrorists.
Last edited by SASless; 5th Jan 2007 at 23:02.