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RichClem » 23 Jul 2014 10:40 am » wrote: There should be a few clear, simple laws.

Made by GOVERNMENT? Are you insane? They can't be trusted!

RichClem » 23 Jul 2014 10:40 am » wrote:Beyond that, the market will take care of itself, just like it does with consumer goods.

Yes, trillions of unwatched dollars will behave themselves, flowing always into the right pockets. It's like magic, only for adults.

RichClem » 23 Jul 2014 10:40 am » wrote:Except that Bush abided by long accepted legal precedent and when overturned by the Supreme Court, abided by that decision.

You mean like Obie abiding by the recent slap down of ACA?

And when you say, "long accepted legal precedent," you cannot be talking about water-borading, now can you, young lady? Because the "long accepted legal precedent" ran the other way, forcing him to lawyer shop to find an attorney slimy enough to disgrace himself providing cover for bush to IGNOR "long accepted legal precedent."

RichClem » 23 Jul 2014 10:40 am » wrote:When did Bush repeatedly re-write a law on his own, as Obama has done over and over and over with Obamacare?

Bush's signing statements were infamous for declaring a law to "mean" precisely the opposite of what congress intended. His E.Os outnumber obiie's two to one - as did Reagan's, as did Nixon's. Pappy Bush signed as many in one term as Obie has to date.

RichClem » 23 Jul 2014 10:40 am » wrote:Or immigration law, when he refused to abide by it and legalized many thousands of illegal immigrants?

Bush refused to police our border - while simultaneously demanding we cede privacy and other rights in the name of security. It's the new deal - no borders. Not even with communist China, (which you have magically declared a democracy. Or maybe an oligarchy, or a bunny-ocracy - we only know that it ISN'T communist, because you say so. The chinese premier - leader of the communist party - disagrees, but you have ultimate jurisdiction in My Little Pony Land).

You may think it somehow better that Bush let them in and kept them illegal. It's actually worse. No one should be let in without papers. Doing so is a greater threat than merely loosening the rules. Folks with papers have more of a sense of belonging that fugitives who have no voice in government - taxed yet unrepresented.