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View Poll Results: Any gains a president makes can always be undone by the next president that comes along.
True 3 18.75%
False 6 37.50%
Depends 5 31.25%
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Old 09-09-2009, 03:49 PM
 
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Simple question...

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With the legislature's backing I mean.
Thanks for the clairification though.

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Old 09-09-2009, 03:54 PM
 
Location: Idaho Falls
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No. Unless he breaks the law as Bush did.

Under normal circumstances, only the legislature can change the law.
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Old 09-09-2009, 04:11 PM
 
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Well we see what Obama is doing right now....not evrything can be undone...so be careful what you wish for!
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Old 09-09-2009, 04:18 PM
 
Location: California
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Only if it NEEDS to be I would imagine. Not just because it was something done by the "other" party.
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Old 09-09-2009, 04:18 PM
 
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No. Unless he breaks the law as Bush did.

Under normal circumstances, only the legislature can change the law.
You keep hanging onto "Bush did it", that'll get you far in life..
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Old 09-09-2009, 04:20 PM
 
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Simple question...

EDIT:
With the legislature's backing I mean.
Thanks for the clairification though.
A president can have an adjenda to change and undo what previous presidents have done. They can take actions by executive orders, they can ask Congress to re-write laws to undo the changes, or they can push a changing by putting forward a legal challenge to the supreme court. Dont know if this has ever happened, but its possible..
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Old 09-09-2009, 04:22 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Simple question...

EDIT:
With the legislature's backing I mean.
Thanks for the clairification though.
False. They would need a veto-proof majority to change whatever obama passed, unless of course a republican wins in 2012 and republicans control both chambers of congress.
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Old 09-09-2009, 04:22 PM
 
Location: The Great State of Texas, Finally!
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I don't know how many of you have worked for or with Govt---I'm gathering not too many, but I can tell you that once you get the ball rolling with implementing a Govt program, it is VERY DIFFICULT, if not impossible, to undo it. It morphs into something else, ammendments are slipped into bills, they become renamed, funded, and take on a life all their own. I think it was Ronald Reagan who once said "The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program."
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Old 09-09-2009, 04:23 PM
 
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Simple question...

EDIT:
With the legislature's backing I mean.
Thanks for the clairification though.
Change what back? Be specific. What has changed?
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Old 09-09-2009, 04:24 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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No. Unless he breaks the law as Bush did.

Under normal circumstances, only the legislature can change the law.
Which law would that be?
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