As much as I wish Saunders could work and he would, most likely, in France, Canada, Britain, and Australia.... But...not in the US. The structure of the US government just makes it impossible for him to do anything without the support of both houses of Congress.
Someone on Facebook posted that he intended to undo or restructure the US banking system with an executive order. I burst out laughing. If it were that easy -- one of the US Presidents would have done it already. The President of the US really doesn't have as much power as many people think. It's not like he's running a corporation or a city. We have a complicated system of checks and balances -- in order for Saunders to get anything done, he'd have to have both houses of Congress agree with him or at the very least a majority, and in some instances the judicial system. It's not like we haven't had Presidents try. And from what I've gathered? Both houses of Congress on both sides of the political fence do not like him or agree with him on anything.
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Date: 2016-01-30 02:12 pm (UTC)Someone on Facebook posted that he intended to undo or restructure the US banking system with an executive order. I burst out laughing. If it were that easy -- one of the US Presidents would have done it already.
The President of the US really doesn't have as much power as many people think. It's not like he's running a corporation or a city. We have a complicated system of checks and balances -- in order for Saunders to get anything done, he'd have to have both houses of Congress agree with him or at the very least a majority, and in some instances the judicial system. It's not like we haven't had Presidents try. And from what I've gathered? Both houses of Congress on both sides of the political fence do not like him or agree with him on anything.