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Originally Posted by yubba
The whole problem of this is, We the People didn't ask for this, we didn' t tell the government that it was ok to spend us into oblivion, when we told them to stop they spent more, now we got this knot head in the white house saying that they got too redistrabute wealth, so if any of you smart guys can show me where in the constitution it says the President can redistrabute wealth, I'll stand down.
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Yes, but surely unless he uses an Executive Decision he can't 'redistribute wealth' without putting it through Congress and the Senate, which, by the Constitution:
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All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
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As for not asking for it, well, I'm sure many people cheered on Ronald Reagan when he increased the military budget to challenge the Soviet Union, and many people have cheered on a better American welfare system. When you say 'The people' it's a very big generalisation, because, as anyone will tell you, if a President gets it right, then people will forget his mistakes, and if he gets it wrong then his mistakes won't be forgotten.
Out of interest though, when did 'The people' tell the US government to stop spending? Furthermore, would 'The people' have accepted the cut in the standard of living or the loss of military prowness that such cuts would have entailed?