Every election we hear about the line item veto (something which I support, BTW) from the Republicans running for President. But then, they become President, and if any attempt is made to get it, it's half-hearted at best. My guess is that Republicans don't really wnat it, because then the President would actually be responsible for the ridiculous amounts of spending he approves of when he votes for a spending bill. Social spending went up under Bush (both of them) and under Reagan. Fiscal responsibility went out with Newt Gingrich, the only politician who has ever actually shown himself to be fiscally responsible (and forced Clinton to be as well, much to his wife's current advantage).
So I'm not holding my breath about the line item veto. Or promises of spending cuts. Ron Paul might do the latter, but is Ron Paul really going to get the Republican nomination?
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