Jeremy W. Hansen

Congress has 'power of the purse' not president

Editor,

Senator Hatch's Feb. 4 guest commentary, "Obama's defense cuts a threat to Hill Air Force Base and national security," is exactly what is wrong with our political system. He seems to have forgotten that Congress has the power of the purse when he blames the president for our country's problems. Career politicians are the cause of our troubles, and he and the rest of his ilk will soon find out we the people have had enough of both parties' failure to do anything but point fingers and play the blame game.

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