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Whitewing said:OT, you do realize that your constant, "party of NO", and "congress is dysfunctional" mantra reveal your true political leanings, not that anyone didn't already know.
What would you have the congress do? Give us a steady stream of new laws each and every day with more and more layers of federal government employees to implement and oversee them and law enforcement to make sure the people obeyed?
Unfortunately, the answer to that is, yes, you would like that.
Some of us believe a smaller federal government is what the country needs. Personally, I'd like to see the congress meet for a couple of weeks a year and then go back home and work in their districts the rest of the time. Under normal conditions, they could return to DC for emergency matters. Of course, today that's not necessary either as The King already knows what's best for the American people.
Oldtimer said:Whitewing said:OT, you do realize that your constant, "party of NO", and "congress is dysfunctional" mantra reveal your true political leanings, not that anyone didn't already know.
What would you have the congress do? Give us a steady stream of new laws each and every day with more and more layers of federal government employees to implement and oversee them and law enforcement to make sure the people obeyed?
Unfortunately, the answer to that is, yes, you would like that.
Some of us believe a smaller federal government is what the country needs. Personally, I'd like to see the congress meet for a couple of weeks a year and then go back home and work in their districts the rest of the time. Under normal conditions, they could return to DC for emergency matters. Of course, today that's not necessary either as The King already knows what's best for the American people.
The world is much too complex for "part-time" Congressmen... Even about 1/5th of the states have full time Legislatures... Too many things happening and too fast in this day of instant news and instant around the world communications....
I have to agree with one of the comments in last nights Montana Congressional debates... Altho he is not my candidate John Lewis put it well when he said " a paralyzed Congress has left unelected bureaucrats to make decisions that harm rural Americans"... Inability of Congress to act and one small segment of Congress just saying NO to everything has given the Administrative branch more power and will continue to do so until they learn to put aside the partisan bickering, use compromise to move forward, and make moves to limit administrative power (no matter which party is in power)...
We need more Congressmen honoring their oath to their country rather then their oath to guy named Grover!