Midknight Review -- new and revised: Our first imperial president has powers given to him by congress. He is not the problem. Congress is. They are the ones who gave him these powers.

<<<< In case you have not noticed, Congress gave Obama the powers he is now abusing. Blame THEM before you blame HIM.

President Obama will announce in the State of the Union address Tuesday that he will use his executive power to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour for workers on new government contracts, fulfilling a top demand by liberal lawmakers and groups, according to a White House document.

Obama will also renew his call for Congress to pass legislation to raise the federal minimum wage for all workers from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour by 2015. But the president is taking the executive action with no clear timeline for Congress acting on the broader legislation. Previously, the White House said it wanted to concentrate on the legislative route for boosting the minimum wage.

“Hardworking Americans — including janitors and construction workers — working on new federal contracts will benefit from the Executive Order (EO),” the White House said in a statement. “Some examples of the hardworking people who would benefit from an EO include military base workers who wash dishes, serve food and do laundry.”. . . . . . . .

Editor’s notes: If Obama is circumventing congress via executive order, why didn’t he raise the minimum wage for all Americans? Answer: because he can’t.

My question is this: if he is only doing what he is allowed to do via executive order, how is that circumventing congress?

My point: Obama cannot rule by fiat if such means that he must go beyond the powers and authority given to him. Indeed, it is not Obama that is the problem, so much as the fact that the US Presidency has been granted entirely too much authority. Obama is only doing what he is allowed to do. It is an “abuse of power,” to be sure, but it is not illegal nor are his changes permanent. And, they are not “permanent” because they are only regulations and not law.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

2 comments:

AnonymousJanuary 28, 2014 at 10:35 PM
The Republican response ... from a fat woman. Then we have the 'bagger response ... and the Rand response.
AnonymousJanuary 29, 2014 at 12:14 PM
Republican claim: Obama's a “Socialistic dictator” due to his use of executive orders.

Reality: Obama has averaged fewer executive orders, per year, than any president in the last 125 years.