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Obama's Budget Abdication Breaks 92 Year Tradition
Topic Started: Mar 13 2013, 02:23 AM (616 Views)
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Colo is succeeding too. LOL
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Mar 13 2013, 03:16 AM
Colo does another game, what's new with that?
He also wants to divert from the subject, it's what he does.
Someone should say to the constantly lying Neutral: "oh, just shut up." Of course that would impede having such a large irrelevant "post count."
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Why can't you address the subject Colo?
The only way to defend Obie is to play your ignorant game?
Who do you blame his dereliction of duty on this time?
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Mar 13 2013, 02:23 AM
This is dereliction of duty to the nth degree.


Barack Obama certainly enjoys the trappings and perks of the Office of President. The actual job of being President, however, doesn't seem to interest him. His desire to avoid being tied to any specifics of any proposal have caused him to do what no modern President has done. He is the first President since 1921 to abdicate the task of drafting a federal budget to Congress.
Congress established the modern budget process in 1921. Under the terms of the law, the President is required to submit a budget for the federal government no later than the first Monday in February. Obama has only met this statutory deadline once during his Presidency, a record worse than any modern President. Obama has missed the deadline 4 times. Prior to him, all the Presidents back to 1921 together missed the deadline twice.
Pentagon officials recently advised the House Armed Services Committee that the President's budget wouldn't be delivered until April 8th, a 9 week delay that trumps any previous delay. Worse, though, the long delay means that Congress will initiate its own debate on the budget, without input from the Executive Branch.
On Tuesday, Rep. Paul Ryan unveiled the House GOP budget proposal. On Wednesday, Senate Democrats will unveil their first budget proposal in 4 years. By the time Obama gets around to submitted his mandated proposal, Congress will have had almost a month to deliberate on its proposals.
As we've seen throughout his tenure, Obama prefers lofty rhetoric over the day-to-day give-and-take required to enact legislation. He spoke in general, focus-tested, words about ObamaCare, the stimulus, financial services regulation and a host of other issues, while leaving the gritty, horse-trading work to Congress.
After Congress had finished, Obama appeared on the scene, Zelig-like, to put his signature to its work. He probably scheduled the bill-signings around tee times.
One of the central jobs of the Presidency is to manage the Executive Branch. The Office is responsible for making sure federal agencies can meet their mission with the resources available. Obama, however, can't be bothered to report to Congress what resources he believes the government needs to meet its mission.
We were told Obama would be an historic President. I don't think his unprecedented abdication on the budget is what they had in mind.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/12/obamas-budget-abdication-breaks-92-year-tradition
Breitbart, which printed a story that Paul Krugman had declared bankruptcy, although the story was false and came from a source known for its humor. Why anybody puts any confidence in that site is a real mystery, but right wingers quote it constantly. I suspect the reason for the delay in presenting a budget was due to the fiscal cliff and the uncertainty surrounding that. Whether the rest of the story is true is anybody's guess.
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So you are saying Obie has submitted a budget as declared by law? Breitbart is lying?
:smile: You libs do it every time; when presented a fact you attack either the poster, the source or both. :smile:
Edited by Neutral, Mar 13 2013, 03:31 AM.
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I repeat, Pat, it is Congreess" Constituional responsibillity to develop a budget. So, why do you consider doing so a "waste of time?"

From US Constitution: "All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills."

Furthermore from the US Constitution: "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"

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Can't answer can you Colo?
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"Why the Senate hasn't passed a budget"

source
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Mar 13 2013, 03:31 AM
Can't answer can you Colo?
Pat, is this type of snide or "snarky" or "rib" post acceptable just after I posted a linked and documented answer? Is it acceptable because it comes from a "con?" Just wondering.
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I asked you questions about the subject which is Obie's dereliction of duty, why don't you answer and quit playing third grader by whining to admin?

MR, we are speaking of Obie.
Edited by Neutral, Mar 13 2013, 04:11 AM.
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