What the hell are we doing

[Ol Janx Spirit]

11. Unfortunately, this is exactly right. The Executive Branch can effectively ignore the Congress and

the judiciary when they decide it does not serve them any longer to do so.

They control the Treasury--that gives them the power to collect taxes and the control over the government's bank accounts. They can ignore Congress' "power of the purse" if they so desire.

They control the law enforcement mechanisms, so they can ignore the courts if they want.

They control the military,

Congress and the judiciary are effectively paper tigers.

Two thousand years of Roman history should have taught us not to concentrate the actual control over these three powers in one branch of government, but here we are.