Campaigns, Conferences & Late Night Television
So the President is going to be on television again tonight. He has been doing a lot of that lately, but it seems that up until now they have been designed to convince us of a need for action. I think President Obama would be well served in this instance to do away with the inspirational speeches and instead shoot the American people straight. What started as a limited (and yet substantial) intervention to save our economy, has quickly turned into a seemingly never-ending permission slip for government intervention in the private sector. We have Congress passing bills and then passing blame on those who seek to implement the points in the legislation. We have Congress seeking to break contractual agreements and saying that such action is vital for the protection of the American tax-payer. We have Congress seeking extended power to seize companies outside of the financial sector in order to protect and sustain the already fragile economy...and yet who plans to balance the power of such a body that was never intended to take such action?
