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Presidential Powers, If this article isn't worth the trouble

Idealism is the belief in the way government supposed to function. This fantasy thought from idealists are the Trump haters as they see government size and power diminish by Trump's actions. They are helpless to government as solutions to all problems and government as the sole organization to bring prosperity. Its a pure Marxian belief, pushed further by Lenin's 1917 revolution, Wilson and hammered home by F. Roosevelt.

Yet for 100 years, idealism was treated as a political thought, a harmless competing political philosophy but read the Democrat Party e-mails and its found idealism devolved into government as a religion. Thought was turned into action by growing government for power, control and profits. Yet the slow moving thoughts were built upon Democrat majorities in Congress from Wilson to Nixon. Control the House of Representatives then control budgets.

The Realist are those that view the world for what it is in current context. The private sector and the genius of the people may derive and control their own economic destiny. See America from 1860 to 1912 to realize the idealists and government could never build America to that degree and prosperity.

The laugh is Presidential powers are found and limited in Article 2, Section 1 - 4. A President lacks powers and only controls the Military, Fed Government appointments, treaties and state of the union. Wilson was first to deliver the State of the Union message in Congress. Prior Presidents wrote a 2 page letter. Today, State of the Union is treated like the NFL superbowl yet its a waste of time to watch.

Executive orders is the newest presidential power yet they are harmless as the only purpose is to affect government as in for example addition./ elimination of an agency. Or Nixon's addition of EPA.

Employ an executive order as a social justice tool as Obummer used widely and Kennedy did under Affirmative action then presidential power enters new territory. Employ executive orders as an economic tool as in Presidential commission on Manufacturing, commission on wages and any aspect concerning the private sector then new territory means control of economics and social justice in a 4 trillion economy.

Takeover Park Lands as in Slick Wille's executive orders means even all land West of the Mississippi is owned by the Federal Government. Article 2 is then eliminated as meaningless and presidential power turns into President as King, Dear Leader, Kim Dung Un, Stalin. Yet all presidents since Geortge H.W Bush are guilty.

Not much is left for the Federal government to own as they control, Insurance, Healthcare, banks, student loans and their prize target is the Federal Reserve. America is heading towards empire rather than devolution of the Federal government and one person in a president can effect change by a stroke of the executive order pen. Article 2's purpose was never to allow one person powers to this magnitude.

Eliminate Article 2 means the real powers of the United States vested in Congress as in budgetary powers from Article 1 Section 8 is severely weakened. Obummer never submitted a budget, congress never held hearings yet money was appropriated. Republicans never objected nor should they as their positions become jeopardized. Passage of legislation as in Article 1, Section 1 becomes a useless exercise. John Mc Cain's cross the aisle to work with the other side becomes commonplace as political parties devolve into one party and Congressional purpose is kingly ratification. Say good bye to Article 1, Section 1 to 8.

First warning was elite and news media speak as left / right. Parliamentary governments or better understood as Coalition government spoke as left / right but never the United States because we are a Republic. Political debates spoke in party terms but never left /right. Powers in the United States as a Republic are given to government by the people and represented best in the House of Representatives.

To speak in left / right terms rather than party terms eliminates the people as party identification and lumps the political system alone as left / right divide. The threat is the right and few remaining Republican conservatives as the entire governmental system is pure left Socialist.

The masses traditionally always lost the game under the socialist plan as it favors the elites. But how can the masses know this as the last real Republican president was Raegan and he left in 1988. A person born in 1988 is today 29 and grew inside today's social system and were never exposed to an alternative government view. Is wall street really greedy, cops no good, cell phone, computer and automobile tracking is okay, economic stagnation the norm. Is one guilty and must prove innocense or innocent until proven guilty.

Trump haters despite dangerous and psychologically imbalanced have reason to complain as Trump threatens their money, power and existence. The Trump questions are can he win and turn Federal government destiny or will the Democrats derail his plans. If Trump brings prosperity by tax cuts, will the Democrats be forced to back off. Is Trump like Reagan and only derail's the Democrat plan for empire temporarily.

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