Reforming The Bureaucracy: How Trump Is Taming The Leviathan

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[RoosterRedux]

Governing: While our distracted national media fawn over a murderous dictator's evil sister and pretend that the Rob Porter White House scandal means something, President Trump continues to remake our government.

Quietly, Trump has begun to whittle away at the power and permanence of our nation's bureaucratic ruling class by slashing regulations and limiting powers that Congress foolishly has allowed it to take over.

It's not merely the size of the bureaucracy that matters. It's the increasing power that gives the anonymous men and women who toil in the U.S.' unofficial fourth branch of government immense say over nearly every aspect of American private and commercial life — with virtually no accountability.

This has long been a big issue for businesses. They often find themselves operating under federal bureaucratic "guidance documents" that, while they aren't law, are virtually indistinguishable from law as far as businesses are concerned.

The documents provide businesses with directions as to how to comply with the law. Sounds innocent, but in fact Congress often writes the laws broadly and leaves it up to the bureaucracy to implement them. The "guidance" they offer therefore has the power of law.

Unfortunately, the "guidance" offered by federal bureaucrats tends overwhelmingly to be left wing in its political orientation, given the political make-up of our bureaucracy.

[Dick Vomer]

He can limit government but society can’t survive without the Leviathan. Read Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan”. The law of the jungle isn’t as nice as everyone thinks.

[Amendment10]

"Unfortunately, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 - limited tax powers"

Thanks for reply.

I respectfully disagree that 16th Amendment enabled Congress to bypass its Section 8-limited powers to appropriate taxes.

Note Obamacare for example, one of the biggest examples of unconstitutional federal taxation.

Consider that previous generations of state sovereignty-respecting Supreme Court justices had clarified that the states have never expressly constitutionally delegated to the feds the specific power to tax and spend in the name of INTRAstate healthcare, both before and after the 16th Amendment was ratified.

In chronological order …

• "Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.

• "State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress [emphasis added].” —Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.

• "Inspection laws, quarantine laws, health laws of every description [emphasis added], as well as laws for regulating the internal commerce of a state and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c., are component parts of this mass.” —Justice Barbour, New York v. Miln., 1837.

• Progressive Movement 16th Amendment ratified in 1913

• "Direct control of medical practice in the states is obviously beyond the power of Congress.” —Linder v. United States, 1925 [emphases added].

Corrections, insights welcome.

[Jim W N]

I was only talking about the method of taxation authorized by the 16th Amendment.

The method of taxation basically affects Art I, Sec 2, Cl 3; Art I, Sec 8, Cl 1; Art I, Sec 9, Cl 4.

Other than that, the federal government is bound and limited by the enumerated powers of the Constitution, most of which are listed in Art I sec 8. If we pared down the unconstitutional 80% portion of the feds, a flat tax of 10%-15% would be viable which would launch our economy into the stratosphere and turn the IRS into a storefront.

Obamacare is patently unconstitutional, regardless of how SCOTUS spins it. (The Constitution is the Supreme law of the land over the feds including SCOTUS (Art VI, Cl 2).) The Constitution gives the feds no authorization to meddle in our healthcare or insurance. It is astonishing that these jackals have gotten as far as they have with this tyranny and oppression.

[Amendment10]

"I was only talking about the method of taxation authorized by the 16th Amendment."

Thanks for clarification. :^)

[Jim W N]

You’re welcome. Thanks for the friendly chat.

[Oatka]

Please bring an unsigned copy of your letter of resignation to my desk, effective (date),

Think it'd be better if the resignation was signed, but the date left blank. A nice Sword of Damocles.

[redhead]

if they wished to resign, or if potus fired them, they would have to sign it and LEAVE IT on his desk, in his presence. I left date out according to when they had their face-to-face. Should have made myself clearer. sorry! :o)