It is Supposed to be Hard

coyote blog

Excerpts:

• I am simply sick of the incessant whining from this administration that it’s too hard to get legislation through Congress and that difficulty justifies the Administration to start unilaterally exercising legislative powers via executive decree
• We have Presidents of both parties that just invent new executive powers and who put pressure on the Courts to agree to broader and broader Federal powers.
• Already at 41 years since the last one (not counting the odd 27th amendment) this is the longest span in history without an Amendment being passed.

Comment:

I'm thinking of the 80% list that Newt Gingrich was talking about- another Contract With America to run on for 2012.  Here's another one in the list- restoration of limited government.  No more czars, executive orders, pushing the envelope regulatory schemes.

Let me start a list:

1. Laws must be passed by Congress alone, no help from the President or the Supreme Court.  In short, honor the Constitution.  Obey the law of the land, which is the Constitution.
2. The eligibility for the office of the President should be clearly defined, by a Constitutional amendment, if necessary.  Only real Americans should be President.
3. Only real Americans should be able to vote.  Deny the vote to naturalized citizens.  Why?  So you don't get presidents like Obama.  Obama ate a dog.
4. The budget should be balanced.
5. Everybody pays for their own stuff.  No more free stuff from the government.
6. The Fed should be limited in its money creation powers.
7. Updated!  As with item 5 in this list, people expect a hand up, but not handouts.  People want jobs, not foodstamps.

There, that's a good start.  If I can think of any more, I'll come back to this list.