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Czars & Politics

February 11, 2010

Most people don’t realize it but this nation has had a tremendous number of people that have served in the capacity of CZAR, since the time of Franklin Roosevelt. There is no provision for any such position or for any real link to any function, connected with either the Republic or the Constitutional form of government, that could justify the need, for such an outrageous construct. This is not the old USSR or Communist China; we were supposed to be both different and better than this! 

Summary table - Number of czars per administration

President's name

Franklin Roosevelt

Harry Truman

Dwight Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon Johnson

Richard Nixon

Gerald Ford

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

George H. W. Bush

Bill Clinton

George W. Bush

Barack Obama

In Office

1933-1945

1945-1953

1953-1061

1961-1963

1963-1969

1969-1974

1974–1977

1977–1981

1981–1989

1989–1993

1993–2001

2001–2009

2009-

 

Number of
"czar" jobs 

12

6

1

0

3

3

1

2

1

2

7

35

38

Number of
appointees

19

6

1

0

3

5

1

3

1

3

10

47[1]

8[1]

“The list [above] is subjective and imprecise, since frequently individuals or offices might be referred to by the nickname "czar" by some publication or a political opponent, yet the actual governmental official, a majority of publications and others do not use the term. For example, some consider czars to be only those officials who are appointed by the president without Senate confirmation.” 

George W Bush appointed 35 and Obama has already appointed 38. The full list of Executive Brach Czars can be found in this link. (*)

In Obama-world; here is the list of current and recently serving Czars.

OBAMA'S "CZARS"-- Read who they are and realize what they want to do.

OBAMA'S CZARS

Is it any wonder that there are so many total disconnections today between the very real problems that we have and the solutions that are being prevented from being found? These CZAR’S need to be decommissioned and we should return to a more representative form of government where there is a direct relationship between these areas of public interest and those that oversee these nightmares of skewed direction that emanate from these disconnected tokens who have only served to further confuse the area’s to which these creatures have been summarily appointed. 

Jim Kirwan

 

NOTES:

*) List of Executive Branch Czars

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