According to the White House, President Barack Obama was not made aware that his own “Pay Czar,” Kenneth Feinberg, was going to cut executive pay this week. 

Let that sink in. 

There are only two options here.  A: Obama is flat-out lying, or B: Feinberg just enacted one of the biggest extensions of federal power over the private sector in US history, and Obama knew nothing about it.

Furthermore, according to an article at politico.com, Feinberg believes that “Obama had no legal authority to veto or modify the pay plan he submitted Wednesday.”

So, the Pay Czar now has the authority to control salaries, occupies a position that exists without threat of congressional review, and exercises his power at a level that is unquestionable, even by the president who appointed him?

Welcome to your Coup, America.  Mr. President, please kneel and kiss the ring of your Czar.

Oh wait, Feinberg doesn’t like being called a Czar.  According to the Politico, he prefers to go by his more formal title : “Special Master.”

I feel so much better.

- Robert Laurie