I've recently had the displeasure of reading comments made by certain elected officials. Individuals whose entire livelihood has been roles in government. That have been perpetrating a terrible farce in regards to the state of this country and the causes of all of our financial and energy woes. These individuals have been adamantly stating we are only in the position we are in because of George Bush's "failed fiscal and energy policies." The biggest problem with this statement that I have has less to do with what I think about the policies of G.W. Bush than with the fact I've attended third grade Social Studies class. During this class I learned the role of each section of our government. In order to illustrate this point I went to Wikipedia and found definitions of each branch of our government. The two that I will include here are the Legislative (congress) and the Executive (the President).
In presidential systems of government, the legislature is considered a power branch which is equal to, and independent of, the executive. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise taxes and adopt the budget and other money bills.
While the legislature is responsible for approving the laws of a state, it does not usually, on its own, have the capacity to enforce them, notably in terms of employees and other infrastructure. The necessity to enforce a law if it is to be effective imposes a degree of cooperation between the legislature and the executive: the legislature may vote "free beer for all", but the executive would be in its role to ask "who pays the brewer?" In many countries the executive has the power to veto some or all types of legislation, or at least to delay their approval by insisting on a longer debate of the consequences.
With these roles in mind can someone tell me how the Democratic Congress is free from the blame for our financial worries? It is Congress that passes the laws, they are essentially the group that forms fiscal and energy policy. If there is failed policies that are causing our problems these policies would be those of the Congress and not those of the President. I come to this conclusion entirely based upon the sheer definition of their respective roles within government.
Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barak Obama would like everyone to believe this terrible lie because if they do they will further expand their power and have the ability to flex this power however they see fit come January 2009. This is a scary thought to me because of their policies, but it should be a scary thought to everyone despite them. If people formulate a lie as large as what each section of our government does in order to keep and further expand their power it's pretty safe to assume the things they will do with that power cannot be good for those over whom the power is (think Adolf Hitler.)
We need to send these people a very clear message in November wit our votes. This is America and we are a country too sophisticated and intelligent to allow them to make whatever claim they please and we will just believe them because of their position. I can tell you that if Obama wins in November we should all be able to ear a collective sigh of relief from the left..."Whew, pulled one over on them again. They'll believe anything we tell them." America...use your votes in November to send a clear message. "This is our country not your personal playground to impose rules how you see fit and if it upsets us blame someone that cannot be responsible ad we will believe you."
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The truth transcends Liberal and Conservative.
Both “sides” – Democrats and Republicans are both too far Left – seek to blame the executive. He’s an easy scapegoat, isn’t he? He’s an easy scapegoat as he heaves more and more into the bright focus of an election year.
Democrats are elitist. They believe that they know better what’s best for you than you do. They believe that your life is a maelstrom from which you may extricate yourself but with the gracious assistance of that panacea called Government. All things are Government, all things should be Government, and deeds should receive the glowing affirmation of Government, or same should not be done.
Republicans are on the Right side of the spectrum in more ways than one; they are also on the correct side. But their flailing attempts to defend Capitalism, such as those attempts may explicitly exist, are as impotent as the Democrat’s attempt to actually compose a cogent argument, which arguments are usually something on the order of why toilet paper should roll over the top, as opposed to under the bottom, in roadside parks.
Nonetheless, my sympathy for the befuddled Republicans is as thick as my patience with the Democrats is thin.
Government begins with the individual.
Government, such as any rational institution can exist, begins with you.
All efforts should be focused on curtailing the growth of this looming leviathan.
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