renner@uiucdcs.UUCP (renner ) (12/09/83)
#R:utcsstat:-152100:uiucdcs:29200051:000:599 uiucdcs!renner Dec 7 18:43:00 1983 >> /***** uiucdcs:net.politics / utcsstat!laura / 7:31 am Dec 7, 1983 */ >> Remember that a government spends money for three reasons: >> Because it has to. >> Because it wants to. >> Because it has it to spend. >> /* ---------- */ The third reason is certainly not applicable to the U.S. Government, which currently spends *MUCH* more money than it has; ie, than it collects in taxes. The third reason *is* applicable to parts of the U.S. Government, which have to spend all of their appropriation by the end of the fiscal year or lose it. Scott Renner {pur-ee,ihnp4}!uiucdcs!renner