President Obama was being held up by a Congress who is a coalition of a diverse electorate. It’s extremely important to have all policy approved by both houses and the president as it ensures democracy does not devolve into mob-rule where a simple majority can tyrannize the minority.

Everyone has to stop with the “well they did it so we can too.”
Stop the pendulum from swinging right to left, then back to the right again. Make elections less consequential by taking control of things at a more local level where you have much more influence.

Compound Trump’s terrifying shortcomings with Obama’s strengthening of the Executive and a Republican-controlled Congress, and you have a recipe for unchecked executive overreach. Federal employees will be creating and implementing policies that further this overreach. There’s real fear here. 

Lowering the corporate tax rate in the US would be a good thing for manufacturing and their union employees. It brings less instinctive to take that production out of the US and makes it easier for companies to budget higher union wages.

Doesn’t the concern, fear, or even panic of the presidency changing hands to another party indicate that maybe we have given feds too much influence on our lives? Or at least maybe the executive branch of government has too much influence?

When the national government can influence our lives so directly, it has…

Ignored in all of this discussion is still how frightening it is that such a law that “taxes” you for not purchasing a product solely because you live in this country is now an acceptable role of government. It’s precedent moving forward for taxing you if you for not buying other products, all under the guise of the…

Doesn’t the concern, fear, or even panic of the presidency changing hands to another party indicate that maybe the feds have too much influence on our lives? Or at least maybe the executive branch of government has too much influence?

It’s like a giant pendulum at this point. One party throws it to the right, then…

Isn’t the hostility and resentment today for who won the election a reflection on the executive branch of the federal government being entirely too consequential on your life? Shouldn’t we as individuals have more control over these things and stop allowing elected officials to have so much power?