>Mark,
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>>My arguement is based on what I would do as Prez. There would be such a drastic cut...
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>Uh, Mark. You need at least 60 votes in the Senate to accomplish any of what you just detailed. I'm afraid it's not just "what I would do as Prez" that counts.

Ah, the power of the VETO. Nothing gets past me until it happens. Otherwise it would take 2/3 of them to thwart my efforts. Kind of hard to do in Congress these days.