Executive Orders From the nation's Founding To Progressivism

[reasonisfaith]

Americans don’t have to accept this tradition of secrecy.

And those who signed employment papers requiring this kind of secrecy don’t have to continue debasing themselves in these vile and doltish government cults.

[ProgressingAmerica]

It is true that one of the biggest problems is that congress has become a career. That is a part of progressivism.

See: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3601646/posts

"And as D.C. Grew, so did the inability to get shit done."

This is a misnomer. Our constitution is specifically designed to slow things down so that the "passions" - as our Founders so frequently talked about - are ignored or eclipsed while people have time to debate and talk about issues and a reasonable conclusion can be gained for a problem. Reason should always carry the day. Or, as so many of our wise grandparents and elders have said to all of us: "You have an important decision? Sleep on it and make your choice tomorrow".

At its base, gridlock is actually a good thing.

Do we want the government doing things? Or do we want the people doing things instead? This is an either/or choice as one negates the other.

We know what the Founders chose. The fact remains: King George III got a whole lot of things done. And the Founders declared independence because of it. They didn't want the government getting things done, they wanted the people doing it.

[Vermont Lt]

I fall on the Libertarian side of things.

I would be happy with a small army, a decent Navy, and someone to plow the roads.

My image of a Federal Government is minimalist at its core.