Who's in Charge?

“Who is your Daddy and what does he do?”, these famous words were spoken by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the hit film Kindergarten Cop. In the United States we tend to look at our presidents as our countries Daddy, but what does he do? The President has, but is not limited to the following powers: Commander in chief of the armed forces, Power to commission officers in the military and to grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses, Call Congress into special session, Receive ambassadors from other nations, Faithfully execute the laws, Appoint officials, Make treaties and appoint ambassadors, with consent of the Senate, Sign or veto legislation. So why are so many Americans upset with the President when the National Government isn’t performing up to the public’s standards? This answer is simple; we don’t know what the president is and is not capable of due to lack of interest.

But what does the American public expect from the government? Health Care benefits, safety, individual rights, social security, equality, freedom, and fair taxing—unfortunately this sounds a lot like the communist manifesto, and due to American ignorance we choose to fear and criticize the word communism.  But what if, in order to meet one of our standards, the government decided they needed to violate one of our rights?

In 2001 George W. Bush decided to increase national security in order to maintain the countries safety, but in the process he violated our 4^th amendment.  His new increase in national security allowed the national government to violate our privacy by having the ability to view our Internet files and listen to our phone conversations. So how did he receive all of this power? We gave it to him.

The national government derives its powers from the people, so whether things are going bad in America or good, we are to blame.