The national government is an enormously powerful tool utilized by those in power. This utilization can be beneficial to its constituents, or detrimental. An example of how this overwhelming power can be utilized for bad is with the recent government shutdown. Our president has the power to partially shut down the government in a large scale temper tantrum to get his wall built. The government shutdown lasted for 35 days and affected everyone in some shape or form.
Farmers suffered by being underpaid for their crops. The FDA had stopped doing routine checks on seafood, vegetables, and fruits, meaning that there was a high risk of contaminated or otherwise unsafe food being distributed to the public. Around 800,000 government employees were not paid during the shutdown. I believe that it is incredibly cruel and not fair for the president to demand a border wall in the peace of his own home when many citizens did not know when they would get paid next.
The national government should do more to regulate the power of the president. While I understand that his role is incredibly important and vital to our country, many people suffered due to this temper tantrum. It is unacceptable that we the people had to suffer for his unmatched temper and stubbornness.
Today I read Madison Galvan's Blog post, Blog Stage 7 where she criticizes the power of our government. She made some valid points in that President Trump was acting childish to get his way in our most recent government shutdown. I agree that there need to be more limitations since this can really hurt our country. I would like to see more information on previous presidents that have also used their power for their own goals. It is important for our president to have power but where have we seen that they have too much freedom and how this has impacted us.
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