Thread: The Constitution?

Obama made a speech today where he told Congress that "if they don't want to make the hard choice and raise the debt limit, they can give me the power and I will make the hard choice for them."

Is he kidding? He's supposed to be an expert on the Constitution. This is a HUGE power grab. Only Congress can spend money.

Article. I. Section. 8.
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

No mention of the Executive Branch in there. Article 1 is the FIRST thing in the Constitution, therefore it is the most important to the Founders. Congress doesn't have the power to allow the President to raise the debt limit. It would require an Amendment.

This President gets more scarey every day. He acts like he's never even read the Law of the Land.