As has been demonstrated in the past (Lincoln and FDR), in the short term the President can acquire tremendous power with a compliant Congress. In the longer term, elections, Presidential terms limits, the existence of the Judiciary Branch, and the rigors of our Constitution make it very difficult to enact permanent changes in the structure of our government.
On 8/25/06, Gruss wrote: > > > RoMunn wrote: > > Congress controls the purse strings. They could cut off funding for the > war > > anytime. > > The point is that it wouldn't be too difficult for the US to slide > down the dictatorial slope given a collusion of Congress. And with a > President who wants ever more power to help us, it makes it that much > more probable. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214231 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
