EXECUTIVE ORDERS - OBAMA'S ON GUNS, FDR'S ON SALARIES

By Hugh Murray

     There is now speculation that Pres. Obama will issue an Executive Order to restrict gun sales and thereby avoid amending the American Constitution, and avoid Congressional opposition.
     One should stress that not all radical Executive Orders fulfill their purpose.  For example, in 1942 another extremely radical American President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued an Executive Order.  Below is how wikipedia describes it:   
    "He [FDR] also issued Executive Order 9250 in October 1942, later to be rescinded by Congress, which raised the marginal tax rate for salaries exceeding $25,000 (after tax) to 100%, thereby limiting salaries to $25,000...^{"
     So in FDR's America, no one was to earn more than $25,000!  Or if you earned more than that, there would be a tax of 100% on earnings above 25k.  Not only did FDR's government have Communist spies at the time, but he was pushing far-left policies for America.  Happily, Congress prevented the implementation of FDR's confiscatory Executive Order, and today many Americans are happy to earn more than $25,000 a year.
     One hopes that Congress will prevent any implementation of Obama's attempt to defy the Constitution and implement gun control through Executive Order.  If FDR's socialist program of a salary cap could be defeated during WWII, Obama's socialist program on guns can be defeated today.
     Would you favor reintroduction of FDR's Executive Order limiting salaries to $25,000?}