With Democrats in Congress now holding American troops hostage for funding as they pork barrel themselves on American tax money again to buy votes, it is time another of my Doctrines be implemented which calls for this President to balance the budget in the simplest of forms in an ink pen.
There is no need for line item vetoes nor for vetoes of bills at all, because Congress has the Constitutional granted authority to appropriate money via taxes which the Executive collects via the IRS.
This money is then spent by Congress in laws passed.
My Doctrine simply states have the President sign all the spending bills, BUT INSTRUCT THE UNITED STATES TREASURY SECRETARY WHO IS IN CONTROL OF THAT MONEY ONCE THE IRS COLLECTS IT TO ONLY SIGN THE CHECKS FOR PROJECTS THE PRESIDENT AGREES TO.
This is the Constitutional granted power of the Executive in Congress grants the money, but the Executive holds the power to spend the money.
Congress can grant money for all the wasteful projects it wants and dump money into Social Security accounts for illegals, but every one of those departments and cabinet posts is controlled by the Executive and it is executive officials who sign those checks and transfer the funds.
Democrats want all sorts of goodies taxpayers are paying for, but all the President has to do is not sign the check and the money can not be spent.
In this way the Federal Budget could be balanced over night and even all those high priced Congressional perks would not be paid for. If Congress wants a dozen staffers, then let them get a second job as the President did not sign the check to pay for it.
So frankly, it is time America had a President with the testicles to actually do a Teddy Roosevelt action and check that domed pimp house with 535 sucklings all spending money which is not their own.
Congress can budget all the money they want, but unless the President via the Treasury Department spend it....the money can not be spent.
Checks and balances, stop signing the checks and it balances the American budget as it is our money not the governments.
