The President is unreliable::

Author: Lin Da
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book is the sister volume. The author continues in the form of letters, starting with the question "What is the President of the United States?", unfolds a series of stories to lay out the fundamental principles and operational details of the U.S. political and legal system. It enables readers to gain a deeper understanding of how the U.S. implements supervision and limitation of power through "checks and balances" within its own system. This book is the sister volume to Historical Concerns—A Close Look at America. The author continues in the form of letters, starting with the question "What is the President of the United States?", unfolds a series of stories to lay out the fundamental principles and operational details of the U.S. political and legal system, enabling readers to gain a deeper understanding of how the U.S. implements supervision and limitation of power through "checks and balances" within its own system.
In 1787, four years after Britain recognized American independence, 55 representatives from 12 states gathered in a ordinary house in Philadelphia for a meeting. They locked themselves inside for months. What were they doing? They were trying to establish the first central government of the United States. They had to design a massive "cash machine." This cash machine was intended to create the concept that people are unreliable, and mechanisms must be used to eliminate unreliable individuals. Through this mechanism, political power would be divided. What makes people uneasy is the President