Northwest Herald Letter to Editor: U.S. becoming oligarchy?

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To the Editor:

According to the U.S. Constitution, Article IV, Section 4: “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government …”

According to the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 2: The Congress shall have the power “To borrow Money on the credit of the United States.”

Nowhere in the Constitution does it give the authority to Congress to pass a bill giving the Executive Branch (the president) the authority to raise the debt ceiling. This is being proposed by a handful of legislators in the Congress (an oligarchy) in the hope that it will be approved by the Congress. It is the duty of the Congress either to increase, keep the same or decrease the debt ceiling.

They should perform their constitutionally directed mandate and not drop this (unconstitutionally) on the Executive Branch (the president).

The political theater must stop and the Congress – Republicans, Democrats and Independents – must meet their responsibilities and not posture for future elections.

I believe that those who continue to play political theater won’t be on the list of actors in the next Congress.

Dr. Richard W. Gorski

The above was taken from:  http://www.nwherald.com/2011/07/20/u-s-becoming-oligarchy/akggm89/