(At what point will the average working dude in America wake up to the fact that his government - which extracts his tax money by withholding it automatically - is a parasitic monkey on his back that needs to be extracted before he can even begin to expect relief from that burden? - CL)
Federal regulations such as CAFE “standards” operate as de facto laws, being enforceable as if they were laws. Since neither the EPA nor the DOT are mentioned in the Constitution and since the Constitution grants legislative power to Congress alone, a strong prima facie argument cam be made that not only are federal regulations such as CAFE “standards” unconstitutional usurpations of ... www.ericpetersautos.com |
Put another way, this whole business of the federal bureaucracy regulating anything must be challenged. The bureaucracy – unelected, unaccountable and largely unremovable – is at the root of much that afflicts this country. Congress has its own set of problems, of course. But at least Congress is subject to elections. Congressmen and senators can be voted out of office if they vote for obnoxious laws and the laws themselves can be repealed. Regulations are much harder to get rid of without getting ride of the apparat that issued them.
It appears Duffy – and more importantly, Donald Trump – may have exactly that in mind.