Re: What would a Ron Paul Presidency Look Like?
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Are you guys electing a president or a dictator? Unless you elect a Congress to go with him, there's no way he's going to do virtually anything.
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There is actually a lot he can do. He can veto bills left and right, issue executive orders, dismantle the military empire (he is, after all, the commander in chief), and not insignificantly, fire a lot of Federal employees (ala Reagan firing the air traffic controllers).
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Uh, no. Federal employees are practically unfirable, unless Congress authorizes it. He can refuse to hire more, but he won't get very far firing existing ones, unless they do something stupid like strike in violation of the law. He also can't dismantle the military. He can tell it what to do, but he can't make it smaller. Again, Congress holds that authority.
As far as my being an ass, glad you got the reference. I'm sure that went right over a lot of heads.
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