The Dictator Wants Dictatorial Powers

One can only wonder where the Dictator (aka President Obama) learned his Constitutional Law 'cause he ain't readin' the same document  we do! He wants to be able to raise the debt limit by himself and not go to Congress. Is he insane or living in some parallel universe? 

This is just the latest of what is becoming a long line of unconstitutional actions that he has taken. A couple examples will suffice. First, there was the appointment of 30+ czars, many of which have suspect  credentials. Then there was the the Dream Act which he could not put through Congress so he signed a Presidential executive order to make it law.

Why should we even have a Congress if this megalomaniac Dictator can do just what he wants with a flick of a pen?  One can only wonder what he will do when the Republicans balk at his increased taxes (without any cuts in spending) and we go over the fiscal cliff.  Will he institute ("instruct the IRS") to increase taxes to the limits he wants?  We would not bet against him.

Conservative Tom
Here is a direct link: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/12/05/morning-bell-obama-wants-power-to-raise-debt-limit-by-himself-anytime/

Morning Bell: Obama Wants Power to Raise Debt Limit By Himself, Anytime

Amy Payne

December 5, 2012 at 9:07 am

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President Obama wants to do away with Congress when it comes to raising the country’s legal debt limit. Instead of getting permission from the people’s elected representatives to borrow and spend more money, he wants to do that all by himself.

It seems typical of the President Obama we know, but just a few years ago, he spoke vehemently against putting America in debt. Here is then-Senator Barack Obama on March 16, 2006:

The fact that we are here today to debate raisingAmerica’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies.

Of course, in Washington, one’s convictions can change with the electoral winds. And so this is the same man who today, as our President, is seeking unlimited authority to raise the country’s debt limit anytime, anywhere, all by himself. No Congress needed.

This new power is part of the “deal” the President offered to House Republicans on the fiscal cliff. His “deal” is massive tax hikes, more government spending, and the ability for him to send that government spending skyrocketing through the stratosphere without any vote of Congress. One White House official describes this proposal as “resolv[ing] the debt limitwithout drama.”

This issue has come up before. As Heritage’s J.D. Foster wrote in 2011:

Congress could dispense with the periodic ritual of raising the debt limit. It could simply give Treasury the authority to borrow such funds as are needed to carry out the deficit consequences of current fiscal policy. This would be the easier course politically, but Congress has wisely chosen not to take it. The nation is far better served when Congress is forced to acknowledge the net effects of its policies as reflected in the necessity of raising the debt limit to maintain that course.

As unpleasant as it may be, congressional debate over increasing the debt limit is an opportunity for Congress to consider vital course corrections on federal spending, including entitlement spending, which is growing unchecked.

Just a few short years ago, Obama said, “This rising debt is a hidden domestic enemy”and that “interest payments are a significant tax on all Americans—a debt tax thatWashington doesn’t want to talk about.”

>>> See the Congressional Record where Obama speaks against raising the debt limit in 2006

That’s a great point. Today, U.S. interest on debt payments is already greater than spending on many major federal agencies. In just a few years, Obama’s policies will mean the U.S. will be spending more on just the interest than on our entire national defense budget.

More recently, when he was running for President, Obama condemned George W. Bush for adding $4 trillion to the national debt over eight years, calling it “irresponsible” and “unpatriotic.” Now—in the past four years—Obama’s Administration has already added almost $6 trillion to the debt. That means he is on track to triple Bush’s debt increase over eight years. But without congressional limits, who can say?

In 2006, Obama concluded:

Leadership means that “the buck stops here.” Instead,Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren.America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt limit.

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.