Trump attempts to wrest tax and spending powers from Congress with new executive actions
Trump on Saturday attempted to bypass Congress and make dramatic changes to tax and spending policy, signing executive actions that challenge the scope of powers between the White House and Capitol Hill.
At a press event in Bedminster, N.J., Trump said the actions would provide economic relief to millions of Americans by deferring taxes and providing temporary unemployment benefits. The measures would also, however, attempt to wrestle away some of Congresss most fundamental, constitutionally mandated powers - tax and spending policy. Trump acknowledged some of the actions could be challenged in court but he predicted he would persevere.
He also bemoaned how Democrats had refused to accept his demands during the recent negotiations, but attempted to brush it aside, saying four measures he signed Saturday will take care of pretty much this entire situation.
He mischaracterized the legal stature of the measures, referring to them as bills. Congress writes and passes bills, not the White House. The documents Trump signed on Saturday were a combination of memorandums and an executive order.
One of them aims to provide $400 in weekly unemployment aid for millions of Americans whose $600 in weekly benefits expired last month. Trump said 25 percent of this money would be paid by states, many of which are already dealing with major budget shortfalls and have pleaded with Congress for more aid. The federal contribution would be redirected from money at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-attempts-to-wrest-tax-and-spending-powers-from-congress-with-new-executive-actions/ar-BB17JjQI?li=BBnb7Kz
Per the last paragraph it sounds like taxation without representation.
Blue Owl
(49,902 posts)chriscan64
(1,789 posts)What could possibly go wrong?
dweller
(23,558 posts)when a reporter asked where the funding would come from, fatnixon just
pointed to the paper he'd signed and said ' right there' and when asked again
said again, pointing to the pages ' right there'
he has no f'n idea what he's done, none
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beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)same power