* The executive branch is doing its own appropriations, effectively - it's revenue they create and control, with little restriction (?).
* It's a way of shifting revenue from progressive taxation to regressive forms (for example, sales tax is another way to do that).
* The executive branch is doing its own appropriations, effectively - it's revenue they create and control, with little restriction (?).
* It's a way of shifting revenue from progressive taxation to regressive forms (for example, sales tax is another way to do that).