By True Patriot and
Congressman
Ron
Paul
Last week the media focused on President Obama's basic eligibility
to be president while ignoring the unconstitutional manner
in which he governs. For example, his recent use of a signing
statement to affect a line-item veto on a bill he signed
into law as president. The recent continuing resolution to
fund the government through September had an amendment that
defunded four of his czar positions as a cost-cutting measure.
These "czars" are administration appointees who
exercise influence on policy matters, yet because they are
classified as "advisors" and not cabinet officials,
the President is able to avoid the Senate confirmation process.
President Obama agreed to defund the czar positions before
passage as part of some very tough negotiations, and then afterwards "clarified" his
position with a signing statement saying that he would ignore
that portion of the law. Many battles have been fought in the
past over whether or not the president should have line-item
veto power. That debate is essentially settled. The president
does not have that power, as that gives the executive too much
legislative power. This administration just over-rode all of
those debates with a single signing statement and assumed the
power that no one would willingly give him.
This comes on the heels of this so-called peace candidate,
who hasn't ended a single war, taking us into yet another war
without a declaration from Congress. The military commanders
don't seem to have batted an eyelash at obeying unconstitutional
orders despite their oaths of office. The bombings continue
without a second thought. So here we have an executive who
illegally legislates and single-handedly takes the nation to
war. Obviously there are bigger constitutional issues here
than the form of his birth certificate.
The release of the birth certificate unfortunately trumped
media coverage of the historic first-ever press conference
held by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Usually he testifies
before congressional hearings and I, as a congressman ask him
questions, but on Wednesday, he spoke before the press and
took questions from reporters. Other central banks do this
kind of thing all the time, but for the Fed, this was a first
and a sign that they are feeling pushback from the people about
what they are doing to our money. Of course, nothing of any
real substance was said, so it was a hollow, if interesting
gesture on the part of the Fed.
The Fed will never voluntarily give up the information we
need to know about what they've been doing. The Fed spent the
money – so what happened to it? We need to keep the pressure
on and demand a full audit of the Federal Reserve.
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