You have forgotten your history. Thomas Jefferson, the most vocal critic of the power of the executive among the Founding Fathers, made the Louisiana Purchase without consulting Congress. Imagine if Obama agreed to buy the Canadian Northwest Territories without asking Congress.
If you really were wary of government power, you would back the abolition of the IRS, which is the true source of federal government power in the United States. Instead, you are backing a plan to take trillions of dollars from American taxpayers and distribute it to whoever government bureaucrats choose to distribute it to. Now I ask you, which program creates a bigger opening for government abuse? We already know that past administrations, including the Clinton Administration (and I think maybe Nixon too) used the IRS as a political weapon against their enemies. We can't say that about the wiretapping program. So which is worse? Wiretapping or the IRS? On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Gruss wrote: > > And now let me zoom out to the 50,000 foot level. Our government > processes have become broken in that it USED to be that Congress > legislated and the President executed. That's why it's called the > "executive" branch. > > We've totally lost that concept. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290486 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
