It is a great deal for Congress. American ignorance of the workings of our government has allowed Congress to abandon its duty to debate and, even in some cases completely bail on their constitutionally required tasks like, declaring war. Ron Paul, *gasp* lol hes a doctor lol, made a great point about the American congress' absolute failure to do its job in recent history. To sum up the speech he gave on the house floor in '04 he said:
--The admin pushed for war
--Congress basically acquiesced; but instead of debating it and actually declaring war. They abdicated their responsibility to the administration and "ok'd" the war without officially declaring it.
--This actually allowed congress to step aside and blame the President if and when things went poorly, but would also allow them to take credit if things went well
--Therei s a reason the founders gave Congress the responsibility to declare war. They usurped the Constitution and failed the american people
But most people don't see it that way because they don't actually know how our gov't works at all. This type of stuff happens across the board with shit like taxes. "McCain will LOWER TAXES!!"--bullshit. Congress levies taxes, not the president.
