An AP writer reveals the scary and illegitimate power of the US presidency, as well as his own bias for dictatorship and legalized plunder:
Rarely does the government, that big, clumsy, poorly regarded oaf, pull off anything short of war that touches all lives with one act, one stroke of a president’s pen. Such a moment now seems near.
After a year of riotous argument, decades of failure and a century of spoiled hopes, the United States is reaching for a system of medical care that extends coverage nearly to all citizens. The change that’s coming, if Sunday’s tussle in the House goes President Barack Obama’s way, would reshape a sixth of the economy and shatter the status quo.
What line of reasoning can justify such power, this infringement of the property and individual rights of choice of the people? What can legitimize it?
When did we all consent to allow one man (or 500) to rule our lives?
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