SHOULD ANY ONE PERSON BE GRANTED THE AMOUNT OF POWER THE PRESIDENT (OF THE UNITED STATES) HAS?

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ethics : SHOULD ANY ONE PERSON BE GRANTED THE AMOUNT OF POWER THE PRESIDENT (OF THE UNITED STATES) HAS?

[+] ballot by Applerod
ACTIVE Sun May 21, 06 - Mon Mar 17, 08
No, I'm not referring specifically to George W. Bush, though he does serve to illustrate my point. Is it possible for any one person to be responsible and wise enough to wield the enormous amount of power--certainly not excluding military power--that the President has?

At the founding of this country, the President held a degree of power over about 3 million people. Now there are 300 million people in the United States over which the President has power. Say, hypothetically, our population reaches 800 million. Is it reasonable to have one person lording over such a vast number of people?

I have a radical idea: Perhaps the power of the President should be divided between 3 people or more. I know that would create problems of its own, but my personal contention is that no one person should have so much power to influence the country and the rest of the entire world. What do you think?

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COMMENTS:
Yes. And that person should be me (technically "I" but that sounds so pretentious).

by herzog on Sun May 21, 06 6:11pm [+]

^ no, it should be i. i meaning that i should be granted that power. take a number herz, i want to be the next despot, err, i mean president of the united states.

by Kev24 on Sun May 21, 06 7:15pm [+]

No one should have the new dicatatorial powers that El Presidente Bush has taken for himself.

Impeach Bush!

by cranky on Mon May 22, 06 6:42am [+]

No ... at least, the amount of power he is seeking to usurp shouldn't be vested in any one person.

by Cathexis on Mon May 22, 06 7:16am [+]

Impeach Bush!
by cranky on May 22, 2006 6:42am

just leave. you're not welcome here.

by Kev24 on Mon May 22, 06 8:33am [+]

Unfortunately, President Bush has made a sham out of 'presidential' powers. As I have stated before on B and W, Bush would be a dictator if possible. Hopefully, there are enough failsafes in our government that will prevent that from happening. I cannot think of any president, in my lifetime, that has attempted to abuse his authority as much as Bush. We are spread dangerously thin militarily, our economy is in the toilet, we have invaded a small country, and this war is costing us millions a day, not to mention the lives lost. All we hear from Bush is how great the economy is and how we are winning this (his) war.

by xhiker on Mon May 22, 06 9:13am [+]

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