Friday, December 19, 2008

Democracy, American-Style

Jacob G. Hornberger writes:


American schoolchildren are receiving some valuable lessons in democracy, American-style...

After all, bribery is the name of the game in U.S. politics. It’s just that we don’t call it that for the sake of appearance and respectability...

How then does the president bail out auto companies when the U.S. Senate has refused to approve the deal? Isn’t that what dictatorship is all about?
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The Fed takes the position that such secrecy is essential to its operations. The taxpayers, whose money is being used to make such loans, will just have to trust their appointed officials at the Fed. But hey, isn’t that type of secrecy found in communist and other totalitarian regimes?
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Bush took the position that he could sign the agreement on his own, without the approval of Congress. Isn’t that a strange way for democracy to operate? Doesn’t it seem more akin to dictatorship?
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Otto von Bismarck once said, “Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.” The same holds true for politicians and bureaucrats in the U.S. and the dictatorial actions they take.


Democracy, American-Style

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