American joke governor

What is the relationship between the governor and the president?

The United States is a federal country with 50 states, which is actually equivalent to 50 countries. Except for a few powers such as diplomacy, members enjoy a high degree of autonomy and have their own constitution and parliament. To put it bluntly, the whole United States is a large company established by 50 shareholders. The states are shareholders, the Constitution is the articles of association of the company, the Senate is the shareholders' meeting, the House of Representatives is the trade union, the federal government is the management of the company, the president is the general manager, and the state governors are the shareholders' representatives. Shareholders' representatives need not respect the words of the general manager. The same is true of the relationship between the president and the governor.

I remember that President Obama visited Arizona when he was in office. As soon as he got off the plane, he had a quarrel with female governor Brewer. Brewer didn't give Obama any face, but also severely reprimanded Obama, making him look like a child who did something wrong, which was quite embarrassing. The current President Trump can swear Trudeau on Twitter and dare not swear at the governor. All this stems from American tradition. Because all the states in the United States were independent before, and later United to form the present United States. So States have a natural distrust of the federal government. Each state has its own small plan, and it is hoped that the less the government manages, the better. The governors of each state are independently elected by the voters of each state, and are only responsible to their own voters, not to the president. In fact, the president is a subordinate president, and the relationship between them is more like cooperation than the relationship between superiors and subordinates. In addition to legal obligations, if the federal government needs states to accomplish more, it should communicate with local governments and even exchange interests.

Why doesn't the governor of the United States meet with the president?

The United States will not appear? The president of the United States called a meeting of governors of 50 States to discuss state affairs? This situation. Because there is no need to convey the spirit of the meeting layer by layer, for some international political or diplomatic relations. Compared with local governments? Retreat? Things are often solved through White House press conferences, and even like Trump, express their views on Twitter.

Not only the United States, but also most countries in the world are eligible to participate in the central government's decision-making meeting on state affairs. They have always been members of the government cabinet and political advisers to the Presidential Palace/Prime Minister's Office. Local administrative officials such as the governor are not eligible to participate. Unless there are special circumstances, make an exception and let individual governors participate. The reason is simple: cabinet members represent the central government, while the governor represents the local government. The responsibilities and rights of each other are clearly defined in the law, and they cannot be confused under normal circumstances. If the governor participates in national decision-making, it will be a mess. Not only the governor may overhead the central government of the United States, but the buffer zone may even split, which is not allowed by American law and cannot be tolerated by the president.

Someone asked, does it mean that the States do not participate in central affairs at all? Not exactly. Although no governors in the United States gather in Washington to discuss state affairs, representatives of both houses of Congress decide state affairs in Washington. The Senate, in particular, has great power. There are 100 people in the Senate, and each state elects two senators. These two senators are actually governors. For example, in California, the three most powerful people are the governor and two senators. In fact, these two senators are the governors who decide American defense foreign policy on behalf of California, and they are also the natural successors of California governor.

Because the United States is a federal system, national defense diplomacy is ceded from the states to the federal government, so the people should elect three governors, one of whom is responsible for domestic work, and the other two senators are governors of the states, who are responsible for exercising this national defense diplomatic power to the federal government. Many senators will return to their own states to run for governor or even directly run for president after their term expires. Clinton and George W. Bush are both governors, but that doesn't mean Americans don't have meetings. Although America doesn't have ours? A telepathic meeting? Large-scale meetings like this, but Americans also often have meetings and love meetings, but they don't have meetings that have nothing to do with themselves.

For example, if a department or a city wants to build sewers, it will often be opposed by the public or various non-governmental organizations, such as various environmental protection associations. At this time, it often holds meetings to explain the reasons to these people and ask for their support. A state in the United States introduced a wind power project, and it took five years to complete all kinds of arguments. A local environmental organization objected that the project might have caused harm to birds in the past. Subsequently, it was demonstrated for another year. Through observation and detailed records, it is found that the project has little impact on birds and can be built.

This kind of thing is everywhere in the United States, and of course it is controversial. The advantage is more harmonious society, and the disadvantage is extremely low efficiency. The main meeting of governments at all levels in the United States is to study this. We need five years to build a high-speed rail, and the United States may need 50 years. Local governments can veto matters decided by the central government.