By using this website you allow us to place cookies on your computer. Please read our Privacy Policy for more details.
Publication Date: February 1988
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Doug Bandow
Research Area: Banking and finance; Government
Keywords: Budget
Type: Report
Abstract:
Congress must do more than reform its procedures, for much of last December's outlays would have been wrong even if they had been approved through the normal appropriations process. It is time that legislators rediscovered the Constitution's general welfare clause and approved expenditures only if they truly served the public interest.