The problem that everyone feels
instinctively is that we have taxation and regulation without representation.
The big decisions are made by regulatory agencies, federal courts and executive
orders. Nobody elects the regulators and judges, but they unilaterally regulate
the internet, declare war on coal and redefine marriage. The only individual
who is elected is the president who delays the collection of the Employer
Mandate tax for a year and issues executive orders on immigration. Congress
gets to decide once a year whether to fund the government or shut it down.
Harry Reid's success in smothering Congressional power is the reason we have
Trump as a Republican presidential nominee.
The voters tried to work through Congress
starting in early 2010. In response to the threat of Obamacare, the voters of
Massachusetts elected a Republican Senator to replace Ted Kennedy. Obamacare
passed anyway via parliamentary tricks. In 2010, voters elected a Republican
House. Harry Reid made sure nothing of importance that the House passed reached
the President's desk. In 2012 and 2014 Congress got more Republican, but it
didn't change anything. Even with control of both the House and Senate, not one
spending bill passed before the omnibus all or nothing vote was required.
Frustrated by Congressional victories that
gained nothing, Republican voters decided that they needed to try something
radical. That's why we have a choice of Trump Trash
or Crooked Hillary.
A vote for Hillary is a vote for continued
taxation and regulation without representation. Why bother with Congress now
that President Obama has shown you don't really need them?