My point is that the President, whoever he is, does not determine where money is spent. And the money that is spent, as decided by Congress, is not their money. It's our money. Way too many citizens of democracies, and virtually all their elected officials, believe the money raised in taxes belongs to the gov't. We elect people to represent us in deciding how our money is spent, but it remains our money. What got me to sign up and post is the headline/. used: President Bush's Money For Space Cometh. Neither the money nor the decision on where/how to spend it are the president's (lowercase p).
You're not getting it. Mr. Bush DOES NOT HAVE ANY MONEY to spend, and he does not make any decisions about spending the money collected from working Americans. Well... OK, he can send the people he's Commander-In-Chief of anywhere he wants, and that costs, but still, Congress is who/what spends the money. And never forget - it's all OUR money. We didn't give it to them, they took it.
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My point is that the President, whoever he is, does not determine where money is spent. And the money that is spent, as decided by Congress, is not their money. It's our money. Way too many citizens of democracies, and virtually all their elected officials, believe the money raised in taxes belongs to the gov't. We elect people to represent us in deciding how our money is spent, but it remains our money. What got me to sign up and post is the headline /. used: President Bush's Money For Space Cometh. Neither the money nor the decision on where/how to spend it are the president's (lowercase p).
You're not getting it. Mr. Bush DOES NOT HAVE ANY MONEY to spend, and he does not make any decisions about spending the money collected from working Americans. Well... OK, he can send the people he's Commander-In-Chief of anywhere he wants, and that costs, but still, Congress is who/what spends the money. And never forget - it's all OUR money. We didn't give it to them, they took it.
Bush's money??? Is he really paying for this out of his own pocket? COOL!