I think the democrats scheme is to demonize the idea of using the power of the purse to defund anything. They NEVER want any area of the government starved of funds (unless is the defense department of course).
We saw this with the British, when the colonial assemblies refused to pay the royal governors, the King removed that power and paid them directly, pulling the teeth out of the power of the people.
They’ve done it on the Federal level, with the senate and the president teaming up to remove the power of the purse from the House. Harry Reid refused to pass a budget for five years, and we’ve been running on continuing resolutions so that nothing can be cut, then Reid says it’s all or nothing on bills from the House, refusing to consider individual bills, and forcing a government shutdown.
This is all part of an organized plot to dismantle the checks to the government leviathan. And, of course, to destroy a rising conservative, so a hand-picked go-along type like Romney can win by default.
Yep, another squishy RINO. Ugh!
Spot on, but it’s quickly coming to an end. If the GOP Senate simply passed a flat budget with no increase year after year after year, then the deficit would drop. Toss in reigning in the regulatory community with laws that force them into the court system to implement their schemes and force Congressional votes whenever some scheme affects the national economy by more than $10 million. Jam up the Leviathan.