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09-09-2009, 11:18 AM
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What's the problem with Obama's czars? It seems just like a slightly different management strategy, where he can apply a point person to an important topic, rather than have it get lost in the government chaos.
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09-09-2009, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by spence
What's the problem with Obama's czars? It seems just like a slightly different management strategy, where he can apply a point person to an important topic, rather than have it get lost in the government chaos.
-spence
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Obama's Czars are in charge of $1.7 TRILLION. I'm just not so sure that putting the President's cronies in charge of that type of budget is prudent. There's no Congressional oversight of these people. Who's keeping tabs on their spending? The Budget Czar?
Even Senator Robert Byrd, a Democrat thinks that having all these Czars is "dangerous". |
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09-09-2009, 11:52 AM
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Obama's Czars are in charge of $1.7 TRILLION. I'm just not so sure that putting the President's cronies in charge of that type of budget is prudent. There's no Congressional oversight of these people. Who's keeping tabs on their spending? The Budget Czar?
Even Senator Robert Byrd, a Democrat thinks that having all these Czars is "dangerous".
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Congress still sets the budget, even if Congress doesn't have direct oversight it's not like the Czars can spend taxpayer money that's not already been allocated.
I'm not saying I'm for a structure like this, but I do see some positives along with the potential for Executive abuse.
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09-09-2009, 11:56 AM
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I'm not saying I'm for a structure like this, but I do see some positives along with the potential for Executive abuse.
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We're in agreement on this, Spence. All Presidents must have trusted and qualified people to advise them, because no matter how smart they are, they can't know everything they're required to know to make decisions on.
I'm more concerned with there being no vetting process for these appointments. Especially when there is so much going on, someone like Van Jones could possibly slip under the radar. |
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