ANOTHER EXAMPLE: Trump's Arts Committee Resigns En Masse with Scathing Letter

[Grokmaster]

You are in error.

No, you are clueless...again. The NEA s NOT a required program, such as Social Security etal. It is ENTIRELY discretionary= the POTUS can dump it whenever he chooses.

[Bethere]

No, you are clueless...again. The NEA s NOT a required program, such as Social Security etal. It is ENTIRELY discretionary= the POTUS can dump it whenever he chooses.

No, he is barred from impounding funds by the budget and impoundment act of 1974.

[Grokmaster]

No, he is barred from impounding funds by the budget and impoundment act of 1974.

Bull$#@!. That has nothing to do with DISCRETIONRY SPENDING. Find out what that means and stop embarrassing yourself.

[Bethere]

Bull$#@!. That has nothing to do with DISCRETIONRY SPENDING. Find out what that means and stop embarrassing yourself.

I must seem like a god to you.

Discretionary spending is all money controlled by a given appropriations bill. The president has zero control over ANY of it.

He either signs the bill or he doesn't. He has no taxing power. He has no appropriations power. He is decidedly NOT Congress.

[Bethere]

So, that's the arts council, the strategic council, the infrastructure council, and the business advisor's council.

All resigned en masse.

Add in the demise of Lewandowski, Bannon, Manafort, Priebus, Flynn, Walsh, Spicer, Comey, Yates, Bharara, Harvey, Short, Dubke, Shaub, and Scaramucci.

Who would want to work for the Manchurian Cheese Puff?

Trump's Arts Committee Resigns En Masse with Scathing Letter
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/poli...sponse-n793961

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We return to our regularly scheduled program.

[Grokmaster]

I must seem like a god to you.

Discretionary spending is all money controlled by a given appropriations bill. The president has zero control over ANY of it.

He either signs the bill or he doesn't. He has no taxing power. He has no appropriations power. He is decidedly NOT Congress.

That's right. My mistake.

[resister]

I must seem like a god to you.

You misspelled "myself" .

[Bethere]

That's right. My mistake.

Go in peace. And if you run into the president you might explain all of this to him.