The Silver Lining in the Obama Scandals

Published: Wed, 06/12/13

Social Leader Weekly


The Silver Lining in the
Obama Scandals
 
 
 
It's starting to seem like it was the Obama Administration that made the following saying famous: "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste."

The idea behind this quip was that when a big crisis came, the White House should use it to push its big-government agenda.

In an ironic twist, the current triple scandals (IRS, Benghazi, and Associated Press) are accomplishing exactly the opposite.

The White House and indeed most of the executive branch is spending a great deal of its energy right now dealing with the scandals. The result is that less money, time and effort are being spent on spreading big government.

At the same time, more Americans are paying attention to what is happening in Washington. The word "scandal" seems to create more interest in what it happening than business as usual.

The more citizens who pay close attention to what the government does, the better for freedom.

In short, we're experiencing at least two positive side effects of the current scandals...
 
 
 
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Oliver DeMille is the co-founder of the Center for Social Leadership, and a co-creator of TJEd.
 
 
His most recent book (with co-author Orrin Woodward) is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller, LeaderShift: A Call for Americans to Finally Stand Up and Lead.
 
Oliver is dedicated to promoting freedom through leadership education. 
 
He and his wife Rachel are raising their eight children in Cedar City, Utah.  
 



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