Reply #35: The tools are already in place for a fiscal responsible government.

[Telly Savalas]

If Congresspeople put too much pork in legislation, taxpayers get the opportunity to fire them every two years.

If a bill with too much pork lands on the president's desk, he doesn't need a line item veto, he can tell Congress the bill is dogshit and veto the whole thing.

Of course this is all predicated on having an electorate that actually cares and pays attention, but in the absence of a concerned voting public, a line item veto wouldn't really have any impact.