In a move no one should find surprising in the least, Vermont’s self-proclaimed socialist Senator Bernie Sanders has sent a letter to the White House urging the president to once again circumvent Congress and raise taxes via a series of executive orders.

Sanders, who is the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee (really, a socialist?) is “calling on the administration to curb six specific tax breaks through executive action that could raise $100 billion over ten years.”

Although it has always (up until Obama’s reign) been the prerogative of Congress to create and pass tax laws, according to Forbes:

Senator Sanders claims the goal would be closing corporate tax loopholes, rather than implementing new taxes. The president seems pleased and seems unlikely to face resistance from the IRS, though the IRS is traditionally reluctant to act by fiat.

Never one to be deterred by the prospect of opposition by the U.S. Congress or the American people to his transformational agenda, Obama now seems almost giddy about the opportunity to usurp even more Constitutional power:

Sen. Sanders appears to have opened a veritable barn door for the President to act more broadly than is customary. Although the actions recommended by Sen. Sanders target corporations, it is worth noting that the tax hikes included in the President’s budget are numerous. And, they are unlikely to be passed by a Republican-controlled Congress. That means Plan B. 

According to Press Secretary Earnest, “the president has asked his team to examine the array of executive authorities that are available to him to try to make progress on his goals. So I am not in a position to talk in any detail at this point, but the President is very interested in this avenue generally.” President Obama likes to raise taxes and to enact new ones, as his budget makes clear.

As we enter only the third month of Obama’s two-year reign of terror… err, “lame-duck” presidency, the American people had better prepare themselves for more of his Constitutional dismantling. In the past, urging your representatives in Congress to take a stand and use all legislative means at their disposal to halt this type of usurpation of power would be in order. Sadly, that option seems to be currently unavailable to those seeking redress of this treachery.