As Government Grows So Grows Presidential Power

February 21st, 2009 10:43 am  |  by  |  Published in Big Government, Constitution, History, Individual Responsibility, Liberty, Maven Commentary, Philosophy, Politics  |  0

Gene Healy, author of “The Cult of the Presidency: America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power“, delivered an excellent speech at a Ronald Reagan Symposium in Virginia Beach, VA earlier this month. CATO recently published video of his speech to YouTube.

The speech covers a fraction of what his book covers, but it gives a great synopsis of the contents of the book. Healy successfully argues the, perhaps obvious case, that the office of the President continues to grow by leaps and bounds unchecked. What many may not want to hear is that Healy also suggests the reason it grows boundlessly is that we the people aren’t demanding that growth stop.

Instead we put faith in our Presidents as saviors of everything from the economy in general to our borders. Now we even seem to expect our President to help pay our mortgages.

If we want to block this growth of power it is up to us to make it stop. The future of our republic is at stake. Watch Healy’s speech below. It is about 20 minutes long (in two parts).

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