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		londgine on July 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WI governor gets creative with veto, increases sch... That sounds awful. Either a law should be passed so that the executive branch can enforce and make laws, or they should remove the Frankenstein veto.

clipsy on July 6, 2023 | [–]

When a party has the power to change it, they have little reason to; when they don't have the power to change it, their opinion doesn't matter.

JumpCrisscross on July 6, 2023 | [–]

Go back through the history of line-item vetoes. The arguments for are convincing until one considers the counterfactual.

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