Who is the BOSS?????

If the People were educated on the Constitution says (not paraphrased) and understood their role/responsibility in the system, I KNOW we would be in a better place.

I have no question that politicians and bureaucrats know exactly who they work for. The bureaucrats work for the incumbents who pay them (craft and administer the budget) and the incumbents work for We the People who elect them. The fact that we reelect them with incomprehensible regularity serves to reinforce their impression that we approve of the job they are doing. Can anyone possible argue with that?

I don't think many understand the premise of their jobs is based on the Constitution. I used to run into it when it came to spending money on contracts. Non-appointed staff would commit the VA to purchases that violated the Anti-Deficiency Act and then would get angry when their supervisor would charge them with a disciplinary action. The Constitution delegates authority very explicitly. It was understanding this process that was awe-inspiring to me, how some 227 years ago, when it was finally ratified that our forefathers had the wherewithal to detail the process. Many in our federal system today seem to think that our forefathers' thinking is outdated, not up with the times. I struggle to agree.