
Episode 374 • • 1:18:42 - 1:25:07
374: Fractals on the Bone
Obama Made in America Video and Consolidation Authority
President Obama's weekly video address featured "Made in America" products like socks and candles to promote "insourcing." However, the hosts point out that the address was a vehicle to ask Congress for "consolidation authority" to restructure the executive branch. This request is viewed as a dangerous expansion of presidential power that would allow for fast-tracking the administration's agenda with minimal congressional oversight.
