WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will ask Congress on Friday for greater power to shrink the federal government, and his first idea is merging six sprawling trade and commerce agencies whose overlapping programs can be baffling to businesses, a senior administration official told The Associated Press.
Obama will call on Congress to give him a type of reorganizational power last held by a president when Ronald Reagan was in office. The Obama version would be a so-called consolidation authority allowing him to propose mergers that promise to save money and help consumers. The deal would entitle him to an up-or-down vote from Congress in 90 days.
Seriously, can Obama be trusted to "shrink the federal government"? That end isn't what he's about. There's a big gap between Reagan and Obama. Adults can handle knives, not children.
It was Reagan after all who famously said, "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"
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