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Old 09-09-2009, 11:52 AM   #19
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Obama's Czars are in charge of $1.7 TRILLION. I'm just not so sure that putting the President's cronies in charge of that type of budget is prudent. There's no Congressional oversight of these people. Who's keeping tabs on their spending? The Budget Czar?

Even Senator Robert Byrd, a Democrat thinks that having all these Czars is "dangerous".
Congress still sets the budget, even if Congress doesn't have direct oversight it's not like the Czars can spend taxpayer money that's not already been allocated.

I'm not saying I'm for a structure like this, but I do see some positives along with the potential for Executive abuse.

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