They were talking about this on Fox & Friends a few weeks ago. What caught my attention was the person they were interviewing stated that some of these CZAR positions and their staff parallel existing government departments.
A couple note worthy comments from members on another thread.
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Originally Posted by Sigaba
FWIW, political scientists have been discussing the 'fourth branch' of the federal government (the bureaucracy) for decades. Even those subject to the piercing gaze of congressional committees can wield great power through their use of administrative discretion.
Political opponents of the current president face at least two dilemmas when criticizing his growing reliance on "czars". First, without offering viable alternatives, the criticism will ring partisan to too many ears.
Second, without confronting the fact that Republican presidents have also set up mechanisms to bypass existing departments, critics may find themselves countered by brutal counter arguments from our recent past. Most notably, Vice President Cheney's intervention in the analysis of evidence of Iraq's WMD programs, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld's numerous interventions in the promotions of general officers as well as the planning of COBRA II.
While one could argue that there's a distinction between vice president or a secretary of defense operating within a unique interpretation of his authority and a czar, will a broader audience agree that there's actually a difference?
MOO, to avoid these two pitfalls, I think criticism of the president's reliance on czars should focus on effectiveness and cost. This is to say, the question "Does this work?" will get more political traction than the question "Is this appropriate?"
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Originally Posted by nmap
It seems to me that most trends in just about anything must go to extremes before balance is restored. Not just in markets, but in most areas of life.
We really haven't seen a crisis yet. The upcoming fiscal disaster in California gets worse by the day - and California is a big part of the U.S. economy. So when they come unraveled, lots of things may start following their lead. We'll then have a dangerous crisis to deal with... and if the administration is already willing to ignore the Constitution, their response is easy to guess.
Please forgive me for saying this - I mean no offense. And yet, I wonder if we should not read Solzhenitsyn to better see what faces us.  |
It may all be business as usual.
But then again if things continue to get worse and the Messiah master plans continue to get tied up, States continue to push Sovereignty Issues, he could one day decide that our Government as it exists is too dysfunctional to work within. At which time he puts into action his very own Operation Hummingbird and in essence locks the doors to both houses and various departments and opens up his hand picked Government run by the CZARS.....my imagination running wild
Or he could do it like businesses do with key personel and departments they wish to rid themselves of, which is to absorb those responsibilites into other areas until there is no need for duties and the job is disolved.....your death by a thousand cuts.
We have seen it throughout history.....All it takes is a intelligent and crismatic person and a flock of sheep waiting to be saved.
Tinfoil...I hope, but stranger things have happened and I tend to believe in never say never.