Oversight seems to be a big concern of some in Congress these days.
I guess there was an oversight. $700 billion. Some “oversight.”
So, where have these congressmen been? Aren’t they the “overseers”?
And do these congressmen not understand who oversees the Secretary of the Treasury? I thought that was the President.
I know, trusting the President scares some people. And trusting the President seems especially to scare congressmen. But I don’t think trusting the President should scare us anymore than trusting congressmen.
And I don’t trust their oversight boards either. The Freddie and Fannie “boards” didn’t help. And today my bro sent along an article about the Railroad Board. They never saw a disability claim they couldn’t approve. (Bro then related treating a “disabled” person. He was disabled and couldn’t work because he had an anger management problem.)
Riddle me this: Who oversees the overseers?
Well, when it comes to trust, I’ll repeat a comment on an earlier post. We have to oversee ourselves. We need to learn not to trust people who want to give us money—especially when it’s not their money. It really isn’t any different than Lincoln’s idea of liberty and democracy: As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master.
