A president sets the tone for the federal government. His policies and attitude permeates through
the ranks of the bureaucracies. And what
best represents a president’s agenda?
Why, it’s those who visit the Oval Office the most.
Calvin Coolidge is a good example of a president
setting an agenda. Silent Cal was a
fiscally responsible man, and that attitude was reflected through the general
government. His main goal was to reduce
spending and expand the economy. He and
his budget director introduced the “Two Percent Club,” for departments that cut
their budget by that much. They were so successful;
later on they had to implement a “One Percent Club,” because they couldn’t
cut anymore.
The two people who had the most visits to the White
House during Coolidge’s tenure were the budget director and the treasury
secretary. Now contrast that with Barack
Obama. The man with the most visitations
was the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. That kind of attitude is what set the tone
for the Obama administration.
The federal bureaucracies had their marching orders,
and that was to harass and intimidate citizens who opposed his administration. Another irredeemable quality is no one in this
administration will admit to know what in the hell is going on in their own departments,
or take any responsibility. We’ve
consistently witnessed this incompetence time after time, after time. Couple that with their, “I’m untouchable” arrogance,
and we are beginning to witness a totalitarian system no one can control. And what message are they conveying? Woe to anyone who opposes them.
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