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THE POWER TO DESTROY

1/18/2012

 
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_ The Power to Destroy
        “The power to tax is the power to destroy.” Daniel Webster said it and so did Supreme Court justice, John Marshall. It is a power free citizens give to their democratic governments, and a power stolen by thieves and despots. But it is not the only deadly power. Another belongs to anyone willing to use it--the power to define.
   
  President Obama now seeks to shrink government, save tax payer money, and ease the burden on small businesses by consolidating six business bureaucracies: the Small Business Administration, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. Shrinking government is what Republicans constantly demand, so you’d expect them to crow victory.  But if Barack Obama does it, it will reflect credit upon him, so they redefine it as a “power grab” and so hope to destroy it.
    What they have done is redefine themselves. Pretending to be advocates of small government and low taxes, they have exposed themselves as the actual power grabbers. Giving credit where it is due, some admit it openly. House Speaker, Mi\tch McConnell, for one, says over and over that his first priority is to make Barack Obama a one-term president. And that defines this year’s crop of Republican presidential wannabes. Ask any one of them why they run. The answer is always, “Because I wish to serve my country.”

        Sure, like Wall Street traders wish to serve the stock market.

truman
1/18/2012 11:21:32 pm

doing what you said you wouldn't do initially-(and for years)- lacks power of conviction; his mandate has been to enlarge gov. in the "caretaker vein"....these voters are his main base.
it is a political move pandering to popular republican ideas; to late to be a real business president, if your not; but it always boils down to it anyway.

Paul Daniggelis
1/19/2012 10:41:52 am

I agree with this analysis BUT Obama still deserves credit from Republicans even if his motives seem political and not a forcast of future efforts at cutting government. In addition to this consolidation, there are the military and space program cuts. I accept the space cuts and (painfully) the military cuts. When do you suppose he will get around to the biggies - the (exhorbitant) entitlements?

Martha
1/19/2012 07:52:17 am

Second paragraph is brilliant. Will the Democrats make this clear to the nation?


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