I'm Back!!! I know it has been awhile since I have posted but I am still new at the on-line approach.
This week my column explores what I am looking at in a President. The more I have thought about the more I have gone back to what exactly is the job of the President? During this campaign season we have been promised tax cuts, social programs, reform and trillions of dollars of new government programs to make our life better. So what happens when the election is over and our new fearless leader has to actually do something besides give speeches and make promises? So being the history teacher I once was I went straight to the source, the Constitution of the United States. Supposedly this is the only legal reason we have for our goverment.
According to the Constitution the President....
1. He is the Commander and Chief of the Armed Forces.
2. He can make treaties with other countries with the consent of the Congress.
3. Appoint Judges to the Federal Benhes with the consent of the Congress.
4. Inform the Congress of the State of the Union.
5. He shall take care that the Laws of the United States be faithfully executed.
That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. Congress discusses laws. Congress passes laws. Congress raises taxes. Congress passes the budget and determines what we spend and what we don't spend. Congress commissions the military. Congress, Congress, Congress.
Just once I would like a President to do his job. Nothing more, nothing less. That is Change I can live with.
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