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Sitzkrieg on the Budget Line
Collins, Frederic W. | June 15, 1957 issue

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Now that the battle of the budget approaches a conclusion, it is worth examining as a whole. Public attention has perhaps focused with greatest intensity on the incredible confusion which the administration has thrown round the subject, as evidenced by the unending series of conflicting statements by U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower and his top officers. On the surface, this has had its amusing aspects. But a review of the whole performance suggests that what the Americans have witnessed has been a failure of government, almost a collapse. It would undoubtedly be far more convenient for the president to stand above the budget battle completely until something lands on his desk all wrapped up, by the U.S. Congress.

See Also:

BUDGET; EISENHOWER, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; EXPENDITURES, Public; FINANCE, Public; PRESIDENTS -- United States; UNITED States
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