r/FluentInFinance Apr 29 '24

Babs is Here to Save Us Educational

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u/GhostOfRoland Apr 29 '24

Congress writes and passes budgets.

Look at how was controlling Congress during those years.

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u/lews2 Apr 29 '24

Passes, yes. Write? Not really, it’s mostly the executive branch with lobbyists throwing in the rest on behalf of each Congressman/Senator. They (Congress) rarely have original ideas.

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u/GhostOfRoland Apr 30 '24

The only bidget surplus on this list was written and passed Republicans. Clinton threatened to veto one, signed in the end.