Trump revokes Obama's HUD fee cut

[tomdalton22]

Probably a wise decision.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/23/politics/donald-trump-first-action-hud/index.html

 

[Mitchrapp]

Obama should never have done it. Executive orders shouldn't happen late, after we have a President elect.

 

[sggatecl]

Obama should never have done it. Executive orders shouldn't happen late, after we have a President elect.

I can already see the executive order stances shifting amongst the hypocrites. When Obama did it the right said he was trampling the constitution and the left said he was doing what he could to avoid obstruction.

Now that Trump is doing it, the left says he's 'playing by his own rules, ignoring how government works' and the right says he's 'taking charge like a real president should'.

Now is the time moderates/libertarians! Rise up! Both the left and the right have fucking lost it! :nod:

 

[Thumb]

Obama should never have done it. Executive orders shouldn't happen late, after we have a President elect.

So a president should just be a placeholder after early November in an election year until Jan 20?

That's BS.

Also, Obama had many months left on his term when he made his SCOTUS nomination, and people (republitards) decided he should not get to pick it and that was long before there were even nominees for either party yet.

Presidents get elected to a term of 4 years, the new guy does not get power until he's sworn in.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I can already see the executive order stances shifting amongst the hypocrites. When Obama did it the right said he was trampling the constitution and the left said he was doing what he could to avoid obstruction.

Now that Trump is doing it, the left says he's 'playing by his own rules, ignoring how government works' and the right says he's 'taking charge like a real president should'.

Now is the time moderates/libertarians! Rise up! Both the left and the right have fucking lost it! :nod:

I agree. But I'd like to suspect some on the right and some on the left haven't quite lost it yet.

I do remember reading an article where it said Obama gave Trump some advice "don't use executive orders." The next day, Obama did an executive order. Go the old fashion way, through Congress.

 

[Spartanmack]

I can already see the executive order stances shifting amongst the hypocrites. When Obama did it the right said he was trampling the constitution and the left said he was doing what he could to avoid obstruction.

Now that Trump is doing it, the left says he's 'playing by his own rules, ignoring how government works' and the right says he's 'taking charge like a real president should'.

Now is the time moderates/libertarians! Rise up! Both the left and the right have fucking lost it! :nod:

so far, my understanding is he's mostly been reversing Obama's executive order - but I agree, if he takes it to the level where he's circumventing congress and over stepping by way of executive action, he deserves the same level of criticism levied at Obama.

 

[Spartanmack]

So a president should just be a placeholder after early November in an election year until Jan 20?

That's BS.

Also, Obama had many months left on his term when he made his SCOTUS nomination, and people (republitards) decided he should not get to pick it and that was long before there were even nominees for either party yet.

Presidents get elected to a term of 4 years, the new guy does not get power until he's sworn in.

You can find video or text quotes of plenty of Democrats saying they won't allow election year SCOTUS nomination. The outrage here is hypocritical.

Obama's move shouldn't have happened at any point in his tenure - this is the kind of thing that led to the financial crisis by encouraging mispriced lending to high risk borrowers and increasing the risk of the asset class.

 

[Thumb]

You can find video or text quotes of plenty of Democrats saying they won't allow election year SCOTUS nomination. The outrage here is hypocritical.

Obama's move shouldn't have happened at any point in his tenure - this is the kind of thing that led to the financial crisis by encouraging mispriced lending to high risk borrowers and increasing the risk of the asset class.

Doesn't make it right either way.

 

[Mitchrapp]

So a president should just be a placeholder after early November in an election year until Jan 20?

That's BS.

Also, Obama had many months left on his term when he made his SCOTUS nomination, and people (republitards) decided he should not get to pick it and that was long before there were even nominees for either party yet.

Presidents get elected to a term of 4 years, the new guy does not get power until he's sworn in.

No, but go through Congress. Not to try and sneak something through at the last minute. That goes for anyone.