Executive Order Expands Bush's Power

[Puck]

[Republican_Man]

Good for the president. This is entirely within his rights, however, as the Chief Executive.

[Puck]

I'm not concerned about this really. I donated to his last campaign, so I think I'll be safe should he decide to become a dictator.

[Theresa]

[Republican_Man]

What's there to be concerned about? He's only reeling in the bureaucracy, which he controls, as head of the Executive Branch. Providing that he acts more like Reagan and works to slash regulations, this should be a good thing.

[Theresa]

From what I read, we weren't worried. I mean, quietly giving someone more power is def the way to go.

[Valathous]

[WeAz]

Or Evolution!

[Republican_Man]

[Valathous]

RM... How does global warming have nothing to do with you wanting the President to slash environmental protections (as is one of the things he just gained power in)?

Slashing environmental protections would lead to more pollution and therefore add to the global warming effect, a simple connection to make, really.

Also included in that were health and safety regulations. So you're in favour of lowering the quality of health and increasing the risk factor to the average person just because it costs more (and the companies still make a profit), effectively adding another thing where we place a price on a life (to the extreme, but still relevant).

So it's all right to view the health and safety of the average person, and the protection of the planet as a detriment to profit, but I'm a horrible person for believing in individual rights such as abortion out of principle, not monetary gain. Makes sense.


Frankly, I'm willing to let the government intervene. In my opinion some revenue is a good trade-off to ensure that at the end of the day, the employee is in the same good health that he started the day with.

At the end of the day, even with the government restrictions, the companies have analyzed the cost-benefits of all the options available to them and do what's cheapest, even if that's paying fines rather than adhering to the regulations. More often than not the government and the companies come to a compromise between costs and regulations, anyways. It's a decent system. Don't slash the restrictions currently in place because most of the time they aren't followed to the T anyways and are worked out to be in the best interests of both sides (more or less, though the company does lose some money, but not enough to change it, IMO).

This may just be for Canada, but I doubt it.

If it still doesn't make sense, then I blame it on being 2am, and having my head full of Plutarch's recounting tales of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus flooding my head.

And on another note, while I don't like seeing Bush get more powers, RM is right in that Bush is the head of the executive and he does have the authority. I also can see the democrats not being please but there really isn't anything they can do or say since they (Bill Clinton at the time) were the ones that added the clause that allowed Bush to extend his powers (according to the article, anyways).

[Arellia]