Good article. On Nov 15, 2016 6:31 PM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Funny you should mention that. I just listened to a Freakonomics podcast > that discussed that very issue. You can listen to the poscast (about 47 > minutes), or probably read through the arguments in the text. This is > essentially a discussion between Stephen Dubner (Mr. Freakonomics) and Eric > Posner (a professor at the University of > > http://freakonomics.com/podcast/u-s-presidency-become-dictatorship/ > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > > > On 10/16/2016 11:08 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > I think most people think the president is a dictator or something. > As far as making real changes at home, you're right. My concerns > specifically in relation to trump are more about his apparent volatility. > We're putting this guy in charge of the nuclear codes and in charge of > negotiations with (as an example) North Korea. I guess you could sum it up > with "what is his excellent temperament going to get us into as a country?" > > On Oct 16, 2016 9:17 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Congress makes and changes law. Supreme Court makes a few important > decisions. Regulators are who really run the country. > > Does it really matter who the president is? > What did Obama do? Encouraged the ACA. Dropped the ball in Syria. But > how did he affect me, my degree of wealth, my amount of spare time? > > Ditto Bush. They affect foreign policy. They have the ability to really > mess up other people’s lives in other countries, but do they really have > much effect on me? > > Granted, altering the make up of the Supreme Court changes things like > can I choose to marry a dude or do I have to sell wedding cakes to gays. > But that really does not touch me. My granddaughter having to cope with > dudes in the bathroom at school hits a bit closer to home, but I trust > congress will eventually settle on something a bit more common sense. > > I guess I am trying to convince myself that a president really doesn’t do > much here at home. Congress does. The court does. Bureaucracies do. > > Now, if the president could get a whole truckload of cheese delivered to > the Whitehouse and give it out to anyone that drops in for a visit, then we > are talking about a real impact... > > http://history1800s.about.com/ od/19th-Century-Presidents/fl/ > Andrew-Jacksons-Big-Block-of- Cheese.htm > <http://history1800s.about.com/od/19th-Century-Presidents/fl/Andrew-Jacksons-Big-Block-of-Cheese.htm> > > > >
