Repubs Have Czars In Their Eyes

Well, that boob Byrd of a different sort did denounce them, too!

Lamar Alexander's press release - video below. Kay Bailey Hutchinson pens a WaPo item on Sunday? Not that this should be a surprise to anyone. When you have Democrats taking exception to something with a Democrat administration, you're inviting attack. And it's a good place to go at, too. All these czars, yet, Obama  remains rather understaffed? Makes you wonder who, or how many does he actually want running things.

The Framers of the Constitution knew that the document founding our democracy must be the anchor of liberty and the blueprint for its preservation. Wisely, they provided a balance of powers to ensure that no individual and no single arm of government could ever wield unchecked authority against the American people.

Nearly 250 years later, these critical lines of separation are being obscured by a new class of federal officials. A few of them have formal titles, but most are simply known as "czars." They hold unknown levels of power over broad swaths of policy. Under the Obama administration, we have an unprecedented 32 czar posts (a few of which it has yet to fill), including a "car czar," a "pay czar" and an "information czar." There are also czars assigned to some of the broadest and most consequential topics in policy, including health care, terrorism, economics and key geographic regions.

Comments

[Barbara]

Dan,
"according to news accounts" I did not bother to listen to any more when he also said the required "respected voices" ( okay i did listen to whole thing but barfed during rest )... it is your dman job to know JERK
hello lamar too late enjoy your retirement useful idiot!.