I believe that the office of President of the United States is very important. In fact, it is
vital to the lifestyle that we Americans have grown to expect. The job of President of the U.S. is certainly an important job and I'm sure that it is very rewarding. however it is not all the glamor it is often portrayed as.
I used to view the role of President to be a high paying luxury job. I saw him as being payed to be a famous celebrity. I believe many Americans do. He is just the person who gives out the various jobs while he supervises and his cabinet really does all the work. Others may view him, or possibly her one day soon, as being the spokesperson. They are simply there for everyone else to blame. Although sometimes the President is to blame for some things, no one is perfect. What few seem to realize is that it takes a special person to do this job.
The President has many roles in our country. He serves as Chief of State, Chief Executive, Chief Administrator, Chief Diplomat, Commander in Chief, Chief Legislator, Chief of Party, and Chief Citizen. To explain a few, Chief of Party means that he is the acknowledged leader of the political party in control of the executive branch. As Chief Citizen, he is the representative of all the people in the United States. Of all his jobs as President, I believe that one of his most important roles is Chief Executive.
"The president is the chief executive of the United States, putting him at the head of the executive branch of the government, whose responsibility is to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed". To carry out this duty, he is given control of the four million employees of the vast executive branch, including one million active duty personnel in the military. Both the legislative and judicial branches maintain checks and balances on the powers of the president, and vice versa."(Wikipedia)
As i hope you can now see, the role of President of the United States is an extremely vital role. We need this special person to help us organize our country, we would be a mess without him or her. As our country grows, so do the President's jobs. “The last two centuries have seen the president’s role in government grow tremendously. Indeed, over the past 50 years, the office has frequently been accused of overstepping the boundaries set forth in the Constitution. That’s why many presidents think of the Constitution as, in the words of John Adams during 1798’s signing of the Alien and Sedition Acts, ‘a decent jumping off point” (Stewart 41) Finally, as our first Vice President John Adams said, "I am Vice President. In this I am nothing, but I may be everything."(McClenaghan) In our growing country, the President is everything.
Sources
Stewart, Jon. “America (The Book): A Citizens Guide to Democracy Inaction.” New York: Warner Books Inc., 2004
McClenaghan, William A. "American Government." Needham, Massachusetts:Prentice Hall, 1989.
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