It seems rather astonishing that President Obama has been building an organization of Czars with barely a critical mention of it outside of mild fascination from the public. It is a very suspicious activity in light of the huge Government grab of power and control from us citizens during a time when every issue seems to be an opportunity for bigger Government. Terms such as Socialism, Marxism, Fascism and any other oppressing “ism” you can think of are being used to describe where our nation is headed, regardless of your preferred term it is certain the Government will be getting much bigger at the expense of our individual liberties, and that power is being channeled to favor the Executive branch as evidenced by the Czar network being created. This should be setting alarm bells off throughout our society, but I think the constant barrage of momentous legislation is otherwise monopolizing the nation’s attention. Why, as our Government gets larger and more intrusive, do we have this network of Czars being constructed? What is the purpose or intention of suddenly needing their services unless it is to confiscate more rights from citizens and the other branches of Government to concentrate it within the Executive branch? The Czar building phenomenon is an actuality that clearly betrays any rhetoric from the Administration that claims there is no intention of usurping more control.

Even more surprising than the public not focusing on this issue is that Congress has not forcefully pushed back on this practice. Our political system is set up with a system of checks and balances between the branches as specified in the Constitution. The Czars are comandeering authority to exercise control over the public without having to answer to anyone but the President. Congress, as the people’s representatives, is not exercising any authority to appoint or confirm the Czars nor demand any accountability from them. How do they think this is going to turn out for them in the future as this created platform of consolidating power gets entrenched and ever more powerful? The authority of the Czars will likely start off in a restrained manner, and as time goes by and acceptance becomes the norm, they will slowly ratchet up their influence to the delight of an ascendant President and the chagrin of an undermined Congress and population. This is the nature of a created power base, once installed, it constantly evolves by a steady accretion of power over time. It makes you wonder why Congress would continue to accept what will obviously become a usurpation of their own powers, but so far they are doing exactly that.

What is it exactly that justifies the creation of this Czar network that exists outside of the Constitution and answers to only one person? Is the intention to circumvent the people and their representatives in an attempt to amass political dominance to create more of an autocracy? Can we not assume that regardless of the justification presented it will lead to something that will be an apparatus of power, and how positive could that be for us since it operates outside our normal political system? We need to keep in mind that any power it assumes must either come from another branch of Government or directly from the people, so which of these should be screaming the loudest right now? Is this the first glimpse of a much larger plan yet to be revealed that will forever change our governmental landscape and will not be wholly comprehended for years to come?