Who should have been President?

[MotorcycleBoy]

Chuck Norris - Arnold Schwarzenegger - Hulk Hogan - Undertaker - Any female pornstar

 

[No_Man]

I agree almost completely, though I do think the expansion of Presidential power began with Andrew Jackson, who, oddly enough, believed in more power to the states, and who also refused to enforce a Supreme Court ruling. The expansion began then, and has just continued to snowball in the last 80 years. I'm also iffy on the power that Congress now has.
The whole federal government, in my opinion, is too big and has too much power. More and more it seems that we look too much to the President and Congress to solve all of our problems, when, in all likelihood, we could solve most of our own problems. As you said, give more power back to the states.
The power of the federal government now reminds me of what Gerald Ford said: "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have."

The thing about Congress is that they don't need more power, but they need a different kind of power. Power that the Executive branch currently has should shifted to Congress and power that Congress currently has should be shifted to the states.

Take, for instance, the current financial mess. Everybody wants to pin all the responsibility for cleaning this up on Geithner and the Treasury Dept. But Constitutionally it should be Congress who writes new Federal law on the regulation of interstate trade, and Congress who decides where federal tax money should be allocated. Geithner is supposed to "execute" Congress's specific wishes on the matter, not wait around for a blank check and then come up with his own plan.

Of course, Congress itself doesn't have time for such things because it's spending all its time arguing over how to divide up money it unconstitutionally taxed from the people and arguing how the states should be ordered to spend that money, when it's the states themselves who should be the ones collecting those taxes and spending it as they see fit.

 

[Jason z]

Jesse Ventura.. We need a revolution in this country!! http://www.minnpost.com/client_file...41/mp_main_half_DontStartTheRevolution212.jpg

 

[doclocke]

The thing about Congress is that they don't need more power, but they need a different kind of power. Power that the Executive branch currently has should shifted to Congress and power that Congress currently has should be shifted to the states.

Take, for instance, the current financial mess. Everybody wants to pin all the responsibility for cleaning this up on Geithner and the Treasury Dept. But Constitutionally it should be Congress who writes new Federal law on the regulation of interstate trade, and Congress who decides where federal tax money should be allocated. Geithner is supposed to "execute" Congress's specific wishes on the matter, not wait around for a blank check and then come up with his own plan.

Of course, Congress itself doesn't have time for such things because it's spending all its time arguing over how to divide up money it unconstitutionally taxed from the people and arguing how the states should be ordered to spend that money, when it's the states themselves who should be the ones collecting those taxes and spending it as they see fit.

Okay, now I agree completely.

 

[Shaif_Hirbush]

Bill Ayers

 

[bazza599]

the t1000

 

[Afficial_Nastee]

Any female pornstar

:thumbsup:

Deserves a fuckin' positive rep point!!!!

Imagine if that would happen, women would get nice boobjobs for cheap prices , prostitution would be legal , the whole porn biz would get more benefits, yeah man that would be a dream come true!!!!

 

[BillClinton]

Hillary:thumbsup:

 

[judgedan]

Ron Paul

 

[Juiceman]

No way Hillary......the Clinton's are just too corrupt. There was no good choice.

 

[DukeLaCrosse]

larry the cable guy

 

[Jason z]

Its simple!!!!!!! Barack Fucking OBAMA!! Thats right his middle name is Fucking. The first couple is by far the most hottest couple of all time in the white house.

 

[TTC]

There's no debate, only RON PAUL can win for Americans.