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Most know by now that the once-innocent teen heartthrob Justin Bieber has become a pot-smoking, house-egging little thug who likes to race cars and objectify women.

In fact, his most recent stunt – drag racing with a model sitting shotgun – landed him an overnight stay in a Miami jail. 

Americans aren’t reacting favorably to Bieber’s out-of-control behavior; a WhiteHouse.gov petition asking President Obama to deport the “Boyfriend” crooner back to Canada garnered more than 275,000 signatures. Obama’s staff even responded to the petition recently, using it as a PR-tool to promote the president’s lax stance on immigration.

Alternately, Mrs. Obama addressed the problem by reaching out to Justin Bieber’s mother, Pattie Malone. Mrs. Obama suggested that Momma Bieber draw near to her son while he goes through a rough patch, saying that he’s still a kid, he’s still growing up.

However, Bieber’s actions have little to do with his age and everything to do with his lack of accountability. Living with few consequences has caused Bieber to become, as the ol’ saying goes, “too big for his britches.”

If he gets arrested, he has the best lawyers representing him in court. If he’s deported, other countries will welcome him with open arms. If he’s dumped by his girlfriend, thousands of other women are waiting in line. If he damages someone’s property, he’ll pay to fix it and still have millions in the bank.

In sum, Bieber has more money, fame, and power than most of us can ever imagine or comprehend; and now he is a product of the “too big to fail” mentality. And he’s not the only one guilty of it.

This destructive “too big to fail” culture has crept into our expanding government, setting the stage for our leaders to act narcissisticly and with indemnity toward the American people.

One doesn’t have to look far to see such claims in tangible form. The National Security Agency has overstepped its bounds, time and time again, spying on American citizens unconstitutionally. And why? Simply because it can.

Following this pattern, the Internal Revenue Service has illegally targeted individuals based on their political affiliation – something that is strictly prohibited. If these agencies knew they were held to a standard – held accountable for their actions – this would not be going on. But who do they report to? Mr. Big-Britches himself, President Obama.

President Obama is the worst offender of the too big to fail mentality. He has said he would act if Congress wouldn’t; he would use his “pen and phone” to legislate. This is unbelievably unconstitutional. 

He also refuses to take any responsibility for the attacks in Benghazi, Fast and Furious, or the several thousand that lost their insurance plans due to his healthcare law.

If Bieber was a normal teen with a DUI, his parents would ground him, while the government would suspend his license, apply fines, and require community service. It would put a blemish on his senior year of high school and possibly affect his life trajectory. But Bieber, dealing only with the short-term consequence of media coverage, continues down a path of destruction.

In the same way, President Obama and his respective agencies continue to act with impunity.

As the saying goes – absolute power corrupts – absolutely.

College Fix contributor Lauren Cooley is a student at Furman University.

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