Obama administration and the growing Czar problem

How many czars does it take to destroy a representative government?

Sounds like the start of a corny political joke, but this is a question every American should now be asking. Obama is now officially dancing with the czars, after appointing more czars into his administration than the entire history of the Russian empire. As of now the total list is as follows (although not all have been appointed by Obama).

This list is unverified: Drug Czar,U.S. Border Czar,Urban Czar,Regulatory Czar,Stimulus Accountability Czar ,Iran Czar,Middle East Czar,Afghanistan-Pakistan Czar ,Cyber Security Czar,Bank Bailout/TARP Czar,Energy Czar,Technology Czar,Copyright Czar,Climate Czar,Health Care Czar,WMD Czar,Education Czar,Economic Czar,Housing Czar,Mortgage Czar,Pay Czar,Guantanamo closure Czar,Terrorism Czar, more?

What makes czars dangerous? Let's ask a senior Democrat and pork king himself, Senator Byrd, who wrote a letter to Mr. Obama regarding the very same question we are discussing right now. He wrote this letter 6 czars ago and one must conclude that Byrd's complaints fell on deaf years, or perhaps a Letter czar?

The principal issue with czars is that they are appointed and report directly to the president. So, unlike all high profile positions (secretary of state, attorney general, supreme court justices, CIA directors, etc) czars do not undergo the scrutiny of the US Congress. Therefore people are appointed to high public office without adequate representation of the people. However unlike private advisors to the president, these czars wield enormous amount of power. Their salaries are private and even the reach of their jurisdiction is unclear. Therefore we have dramatically reduced transparency, a pledge Obama is violating and significan disruption in the balance of power, a feature of our unique government.

As of now we are transforming into more of a communist type of government than people can imagine. For example, consider the structure of the communist party. At the head reigns the General Secretary and under him are high ranking party members in charge of major government agencies (ministries), under whom exist more party functionaries. What transpires between the General Secretary and Ministry officials is anyone's guess. Obama and his multitude of czars are creating this very same structure. In other words, what he is doing is NOT constitutional. Of course Obama did not introduce the concept of appointing czars, but he has gone czar crazy.

Consider for a moment, the pay czar. For every company currently receiving bailout money, this Pay Czar controls the wages and salaries of every executive within the company. If you take into account that plenty of private companies have been sucked into taking money against their will and only to survive for competitive reasons, the reach of government control has gone further than any American should be comfortable with. Not only is it the responsibility of the US Government to let private companies fail, but beyond violating that responsibility our government has gone faster towards nationalization. Further undermining the ability of companies to recover and function properly, thus prolonging the torture of being supported by taxpayer moneys.

As is stands, numerous individuals whose backgrounds cannot be verified are now extending control over the private lives of American citizens. One only wonders what the responsibilities of czars like the Cyber/Tech czar are and just how much power this individual wields.

A development such as this should be extremely distressing to anyone engaged in politics or the welfare of this nation.