#18 Regulartory Czar

I am skipping to the Regulatory Czar because he came into my line of sight on the news so I will go back to #3 next. Obama has appointed Cass Sunstein as #18:He is a serious Harvard professor and an animal rights nut. He believes that animals should have rights and some are more important than people. Sen. Cornyn finds Mr. Sunstein's record troubling, specifically the fact that he wants to establish legal 'rights' for livestock, wildlife and pets, which would enable animals to file lawsuits in American courts," And in 2007, he said, "We ought to ban hunting, I suggest, if there isn't a purpose other than sport and fun. That should be against the law. It's time now."

The Center for Consumer Rights' David Martosko said, "He is the gatekeeper between the president and the secretaries," he said, noting that "as a regulatory czar, he won't be a judge or a legislator, so he cannot make laws. ... What he can do is nudge the departments in the direction of his philosophy," which is very much in line with "hard core animal rights zealots." (USA TODAY) In other words, Sunstein can and will change the choices that we have for our own good.

He has written many books but I will focus on a few. He wrote a book about Cost-Benefit Analysis which is the process that involves weighing the total expected costs (money) against the total expected benefits (Still money)of one or more actions and making a decision based on the numbers. (Like bean counters) In his book, for example, "after listing various risks and their associated costs and benefits, Sunstein alleges the public is irrational in demanding money be spent to control industrial toxins in the environment, which (he says) kill 60,000 in the US each year, while not requiring government to fund programs encouraging people to exercise and eat properly."

He is also co-author of a book called, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. "Sunstein invites the reader to enter an alternative world, one that takes our humanness as a given. He wants to show that by knowing how people think, we can design choice environments that make it easier for people to choose what is best for themselves, their families, and their society. This is being referred to as "Nudge-ocracy." (USA Today)

He wrote another book, The Second Bill Of Rights, where he wants to amend the Constitution to include these rights-guaranted jobs (60% of economy will work under the umbrella of gov't); right to healthcare; right to a house, right to an education. Now these are all good things for us to aspire to but here is the problem. The Bill of Rights regulates what the gov't can do to you but those in the 2nd Bill of Rights regulates what the gov't should do for you. Also it should be noted that these are not rights but entitlements. The right to free speech means the government can't tell you what you can or can not say or the right to assemble gives us the right to group together peacefully but doesn't entitle you to an audience. We all have the right to have a job but that doesn't mean that the government is entitled to give me one.

Basically, Obama and his Czar think that we are too stupid to know how to do anything right so the Gov't will nudge us into the schemes that they want by slowly making it so that we are forced to go with their plans. That way they can say that we chose it! How brilliant is that? Look him up and read some of his stuff.