By Dan Calabrese —— Bio and Archives--May 13, 2016
It seemed an astoundly obvious case. The power of the purse belongs to Congress, and the executive branch can't just spend money if Congress never passed a bill allocating the money. But ths is the presidency of Barack Obama, where things like the Constitution and balances of power are mere puzzles to be solved by a power-crazed executive. Remember, this is the guy who regularly declares, "If Congress won't act, I will!"
No, champ. If Congress won't act, you can't. That's how the system is supposed to work. But Obama was determined to spend federal money reimbursing health insurers for their ObamaCare losses. As with so many other things ObamaCare, if the White House has to respect the discretion of Congress, the whole damn thing falls to pieces. So Congress or no Congress, law or no law, they have to spend the money. To do otherwise would to see their golden goose slain.The Comment section of online publications is the new front in the ongoing Cancel Culture Battle.
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