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Originally Posted by Kavvy
I may be wrong, but doesn't a lot of the over-promising come from the presidential debate over economic policy, whereas the president only signs off on the Congress Budget bill, and congress does the heavy lifting?
I get there is Obama's Gitmo and other items, but I don't understand the economic focus on presidential candidates when it is congress's duty to pass the budget.
Or am I wrong?
Is it that the presidential is supposed to lead congress in the discussion?
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On more general terms, the president and even government has limited powers. For example, Trump promises judges that will overturn ROE v WADE, Clinton promises cheap tuition, etc. Those are not promises a patient can keep because they require broad support. From an economic standpoint, most measures a government can make will not affect the economy much until usually much after the president leaves office