Sunday, January 29, 2012

Another Presidential Magic Trick

It should be obvious that the President has relatively little to do with the tax structure and government expenditures/debts. Yet debts and taxes are talked about as if the President were responsible, when in fact, and by Consititutional law, the Congress is solely responsible for all these items. The President cannot make a new law. He can only act on the laws passed by Congress.

In many ways the President is a figurehead and a whipping boy, serving to take the blame for the sins of Congress. The media focuses on the election of the President as if it really mattered, when what the American people should be paying attention to are who we elect and re-elect to Congress. We are encouraged to focus on the Presidential election, just as the stage magician urges us to look at the wrong hand. This simple trick serves to keep us functionally almost impotent.

Instead of the Presidential election occupying our attention, we should be looking at the voting records of those who represent us in Congress. We should be looking at how they voted on the bank bail-out, and how they monitored the expenditure of the billions spent and where that money went. We should be looking at how they vote on tax structures, public health and welfare, Social Security. They should not be allowed to continue cheating the American voters and blaming it on the sacrificial lamb, the President.

I am in favor of voting them out.