Spending is the problem, The 410 billion dollar spending bill will put us in a false recovery, The problem with the usa is we consume more then we produce, we spend money but have no steady way of making money. Printing more money for spending bills will only hurt us in the long term. The point of a recession is to get us into saving and producing. Gov needs to step back and let the free market and the American people do what needs to be done.
mandatory spending refers to money that lawmakers are required by existing laws to spend on certain programs and discretionary spending is spending about which government planners can make choices
congress and the president
The speech led the United States Congress to pass the Economic Opportunity Act, which established the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) to administer the local application of federal funds targeted against poverty.
Agriculture is much less relevant to the US economy than it used to be, largely because of the government programs which keep the value of the commodities artificially low. By most estimates, agriculture represents less than 4% of the total national Gross Domestic Product.
The President can propose and lobby Congress for programs and packages that are designed to affect the economyThe President has the power to veto economic programs, tax hikes or cuts, and expenditures that Congress passes.The President appoints ( subject to Senate approval) the chairman of the federal reserve board who has great control over the money supply and interest rates.The treasury, under control of the President, can take steps that affect the foreign exchange rate and affect the balance of trade and the prices of imports and exports.The President can use his powers of persuasion to prevent and settle strikes in key industries , such as steel, auto, railroads, mining, etc. that affect the overall econom
Political action committees influence lawmakers to vote in favor of their programs.
Political action committees influence lawmakers to vote in favor of their programs.
Political action committees influence lawmakers to vote in favor of their programs.
laws
Franklin D. Roosevelt and congress
Truman was not successful in getting his program through Congress. Typically, a president will have the most success in getting Congress to agree to their programs in the first year they are in office.
Cutting social programs
congress creates medicare and medicaid programs
His program was known as the Great Society.
Lyndon Johnson was the one whose domestic programs were known as the Great Society package.
I think Congress
Appropriations