President Biden is signing executive orders at a record-breaking pace.
In his first month in office, he has issued 31 executive orders. Unfortunately, these orders signal an expansion of government influence into our everyday lives.
Growth of the federal workforce will inevitably drive up taxes, the national debt, or both. Even worse, an expansion of government regulations will impose even more restrictions on how we live our lives and conduct our businesses. Further, it’s all being done outside the forum of public debate.
These executive actions are rendering the U.S. Congress irrelevant, taking legislative power away from our representatives and further removing governance from the hands of the people.
Alarmingly, Congress has been complicit in transforming itself from being our voice in Washington to being just a group of government functionaries.
This state of affairs has grown out of political careerism. Representatives are consumed with running for office, not performing the duties of office. For many, their motivation has shifted from doing the people’s work to winning a lifelong sinecure.
We will only break this pattern with term limits. We need representation by people who want to go to Washington, do a job, and then return to the private sector. Congress will then return to being a gathering of citizen legislators, rather than an exclusive club for our political betters.
