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Post #189,404 by daemon 1/8/05 11:07:14 AM Reply	look further up :-) He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments. aid as such is defined as a treaty, the president can give aid but only to the limits monetarily that congress approves. treaty 1. 1. A formal agreement between two or more states, as in reference to terms of peace or trade. 2. The document in which such an agreement is set down. 2. A contract or agreement. 3. Obsolete. 1. Negotiation for the purpose of reaching an agreement. 2. An entreaty. 3.2 fits nicely regards, daemon that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE clearwater highschool marching band [link\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/]
Post #189,409 by Another Scott 1/8/05 12:16:30 PM Reply	We're talking about slightly different things. I agree that the Constitution gives the Executive power over foreign affairs, subject to the funding constraints and other legal constraints imposed by Congress. As such, the President has the power to direct funds for humanitarian relief. My quibble was that the Constitution doesn't say specifically that taxes may be raised to fund roads or ports or research or ..., but instead talks about generalities ("provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.") AFAIK, much of our taxation (sales, income, property) is the same way, with few taxes dedicated to a specific purpose. And even in those cases where the funding is supposed to be dedicated toward a specific purpose (e.g. gas taxes to the Highway Trust Fund; FICA), those funds are quite often borrowed or tranferred to the general fund for the total budget. I'll bow out now. Cheers, Scott.
Post #189,442 by daemon 1/9/05 12:24:04 AM Reply	reason for that tax revenues should almost never be designated. Lets make this personal, you dedicate a 100 allocation of your personal budget to house payments, car payments, credit card payments food utilities gas (exact amounts) and the price of gas rises 50 cents a gallon. If you have automated payments from your bank enabled the cost increase in gas will hi your electric bill, you need to make higher payments to gas and now you are standing in a bread line. To allocate funds quickly due to changing circumstances you need to have a fluid allocation budget. This applies to government spending. X amount to foreign aid, leave the details to the executive branch, if theyt need more than allocated get a general buy in by congress./ This appears to be working as designed. rigidity is not a good thing except in porno movies :-) regards, daemon that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE clearwater highschool marching band [link\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/]

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