JESSE JACKSON, JR.: Crackpot, Or Harbinger? “Although Jackson’s idea of basically sending checks to individuals, states, and cities is interesting, the most notable aspect of Jackson’s proposal is the underlying notion that the federal government can simply create the money to employ everyone and everything by printing it. Only moderately more fascinating is his theory that the president has some overarching authority against which neither the states nor Congress can ‘rebel.’ Both notions are two sides of the same coin. . . . Jackson and Occupy have articulated the antithesis of the Tea Party call to end big government. In the Occupy and Jackson world, the crisis now justifies extraordinary government measures to enforce ‘fairness’ and mandate employment by any means necessary.”