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I disagreeWe have not declared war on Afghanistan or the Taliban, therefore, we have not business being there. We are not the world's police force. We should not be spending money and lives on "Overseas Contingencies." This is no different than Bush's policies except for a change in terminologies. Walks like a duck, spends like a duck, it's a duck.
68 votes
I disagree"When a government tries to control the economy, it is trying to control people, and people are like cats. Each individual's brain is hard wired to do what the individual wants, not what the government wants."
Read on: http://www.thedailybell.com
63 votes
I disagreeExec orders aren't lawful in the first place and they have been abused by many a POTUS, especially by the last one, who manage to weaken our liberties and rights more than any other (look it up). The current POTUS used 16 EO's within his first three and a half months? We need to eliminate the risk of any more of this intolerable behavior. And... Executive Signing statments must be disallowed for the very same reasons. ...more »
Exec orders aren't lawful in the first place and they have been abused by many a POTUS, especially by the last one, who manage to weaken our liberties and rights more than any other (look it up). The current POTUS used 16 EO's within his first three and a half months? We need to eliminate the risk of any more of this intolerable behavior.
And... Executive Signing statments must be disallowed for the very same reasons.
Congress is in place as a sanity check right now and while I believe that everyone would like to kick all of them out of office, it's still there job to approve new laws. We must make Congress do its job.
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I disagreeThe central provisions of these landmark tax bills are scheduled to expire over the next five years, which means that taxes will rise dramatically for most taxpayers. Between now and January 1, 2011 (five short years away), •Tax rates will rise substantially in each tax bracket, some by 450 basis points; •Low-income taxpayers will see the 10-percent tax bracket disappear, and they will have to pay taxes at the 15-percent ...more »
The central provisions of these landmark tax bills are scheduled to expire over the next five years, which means that taxes will rise dramatically for most taxpayers. Between now and January 1, 2011 (five short years away),
•Tax rates will rise substantially in each tax bracket, some by 450 basis points;
•Low-income taxpayers will see the 10-percent tax bracket disappear, and they will have to pay taxes at the 15-percent rate;
•Married taxpayers will see the marriage penalty return;
•Taxpayers with children will lose 50 percent of their child tax credits;
•Taxes on dividends will increase beginning on January 1, 2009;
•Taxes on capital gains will increase, also beginning on January 1, 2009; and
•Federal death taxes will come back to life in 2011, after fading down to nothing in 2010.
Letting these expire will only make the current economic depression worse.
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34 votes
I disagree"We need to stand up and say we're Americans, and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration."
Hillary Clinton
"So this is how Democracy ends," to thunderous applause.
Barack Obama
"The most terrifying words in the English language are, I'm from the government and I am here to help."
Ronald Reagan
31 votes
I disagreeLink to what I can't post:
http://opengov.ideascale.com/akira/dtd/6654-4049
This is ridiculous, but not suprising coming from this Administration.
33 votes
I disagreeThere is absolutely no authority or legal basis for Presidential Executive Orders, these orders are treasonous in their elementary form and have been the most destructive force in eliminating the U.S. Constitution. * Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation unlawfully suspended the great Writ of Habeas Corpus * Franklin Roosevelt was president for a little over twelve years. that time, he issued 3,723 executive ...more »
There is absolutely no authority or legal basis for Presidential Executive Orders, these orders are treasonous in their elementary form and have been the most destructive force in eliminating the U.S. Constitution.
* Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation unlawfully suspended the great Writ of Habeas Corpus
* Franklin Roosevelt was president for a little over twelve years. that time, he issued 3,723 executive orders Franklin Roosevelt closed American banks and force citizens to turn in their gold to a private bank, the Federal Reserve Bank; detention of American citizens of Japanese descent
* 1951, Harry Truman seized Strikethreatened Steel Mills to prevent shortages that would endanger "national security."
* Richard Nixon imposed wage and price controls in 1971
* Jimmy Carter, groomed by the secret Bilderberg organizatoin, created Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - see U.S. Concentration Camps
* George W. Bush and previous President's Executive Orders go further than Hitler and Stalin dared to put in writing:
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990
allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995
allows the government to seize and control the communication media.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997
allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998
allows the government to seize all means of transportation, including personal cars, trucks or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways, seaports, and waterways.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10999
allows the government to take over all food resources and farms.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000
allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001
allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002
designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003
allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004
allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005
allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051
specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310
grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049
assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11490
Assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921
allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in U.S. financial institution in any undefined national emergency. It also provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot review the action for six months. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has broad powers in every aspect of the nation. General Frank Salzedo, chief of FEMA's Civil Security Division stated in a 1983 conference that he saw FEMA's role as a "new frontier in the protection of individual and governmental leaders from assassination, and of civil and military installations from sabotage and/or attack, as well as prevention of dissident groups from gaining access to U.S. opinion, or a global audience in times of crisis." FEMA's powers were consolidated by President Carter to incorporate the:
National Security Act of 1947
allows for the strategic relocation of industries, services, government and other essential economic activities, and to rationalize the requirements for manpower, resources and production facilities.
1950 Defense Production Act
gives the President sweeping powers over all aspects of the economy.
Act of August 29, 1916
authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in time of war, to take possession of any transportation system for transporting troops, material, or any other purpose related to the emergency.
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
enables the President to seize the property of a foreign country or national. These powers were transferred to FEMA in a sweeping consolidation in 1979
USE OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS IS TR EASON
And Obama just got started. Think he can top Bush?
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