Article I, Sec. 8 –
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
The Founders established a balance of power that limited the power of the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial branches. Until gerrymandering, the terminal cancer on democracy, the system worked well. Now, the legislative branch is fossilized, full of ignorant, corrupt morons who see their only job as keeping their job. In the House, the ruling party picks its constituents. In the Senate, protections of the minority have been stripped away. The resulting political Frankenstein is a Congress that literally does nothing, including setting international trade policy and war-making. Because of this abrogation of constitutional authority, our entire governmental stability now depends on the character and basic decency of the person sitting in the Oval Office.
And then came Trump. Because our system of government depends completely on the basic decency of the person occupying the office of president, as well as an adherence to over two centuries of tradition and custom, we’re not prepared to counter the actions of a president completely devoid of character and who is corrupt to the core. Combine that corruption with the abrogation of congressional authority, we are now completely exposed to the catastrophe that we witnessing today. The President of the United States, unchecked by offsetting institutions, is actively undermining longstanding alliances, destroying trade relations among allies, and advocating alliance with our biggest enemy, Russia.
And ALL of these actions by Trump and his enablers are based on lies. Our allies are NOT trading unfairly. The markets among the major economic powers are open and free. All trade agreements, at least before the regime of Cheeto Jesus, were openly negotiated. Trump is poking our longstanding allies in the eye for no other reason than propping up the support of his ignorant, mouth-breathing, bigoted base.
If our members of Congress don’t stand up on their hind legs and stop this lunatic, he’s likely do set off a global trade war…FOR NO REASON. Call your senator and congressman and tell them to stop screwing around and do their goddam job. Our democracy depends on it.
