Must end shadow government

The functionality of the U.S. federal government is based on the three branches’ separation of powers thoughtfully delineated in the Constitution. The Constitution, however, does not say the three branches are equal. In fact, under a representative democracy, Congress, must retain ultimate authority to ensure citizens are duly heard, while no one state, region or population center can dictate national policy.

Through partisan obstructionism, special interests and incumbents’ obsession with re-election, Congress has, by design, been rendered inert. Seizing the opportunity, the executive and judicial branches imposed unlegislated, oppressive laws and regulations that never would have withstood the scrutiny of open congressional debate.

Is it now a revelation that, while Congress stands in agreement, states’ rights and our personal liberties are held hostage by entrenched, unelected federal agencies that, while holding no Constitutional authority, purchase generationally dependent voting blocs with taxpayer financed “federal funding”?

Dismemberment of this shadow government starts with electing a Congress with the courage to place America first and re-election second. Term limits and a mandate to live under the same laws it created are two vital first steps.

Robert Kirn