545 vs
300,000,000
EVERY CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS
AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE.
READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL
DEBACLE.
Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.
545 PEOPLE
By Charlie
Reese
Politicians are the only people in the world who create
problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever
wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against
deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered, if
all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we
have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a
federal budget. The president does.
You and I don't have the
Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of
Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code,
Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress
does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal
Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one
president, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human
beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and
individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this
country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board
because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress
delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a
federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded
all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason.. They
have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator,
a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I
don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash.
The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what
the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to
determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of
their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault.
They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What
separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive
amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a
Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating
deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force
the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the
supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of
Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and
taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the
leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the
president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes
it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It
seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not
replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of
incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single
domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people.
When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the
power of the federal government, then it must follow that what
exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair,
it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red,
it's because they want it in the red ..
If the Army &Marines
are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ. If they do not
receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not
available to the people, it's because they want it that way. There
are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545
people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs
they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can
reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and
from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con
you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces
like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics"
that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those
545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone,
have the power. They, and they alone, should be held accountable by
the people who are their bosses.
Provided the voters have
the gumption to manage their own employees. We should vote all of
them out of office and clean up their mess!
Charlie Reese is a
former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper. What you do with
this article now that you have read it........... Is up to you.
This might be funny if it
weren't so darned true.
Be sure to read all the way to the end:
Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the
table
At which he's fed.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.
Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for
peanuts
Anyway!
Tax his cow,
Tax his
goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his
ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his
dirt..
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.
Tax his
cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his
tears.
Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.
Tax all he
has
Then let him know
That you won't be done
Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He's good
and sore.
Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he's laid.
Put these
words
Upon his tomb,
Taxes drove me
to my
doom...'
When he's gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable
Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal
Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food
License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently
44.75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting
License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge T ax
Social
Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income
Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal
Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Ser vice FeeTax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge
Tax
Telephone Recurring and
Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers
Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100
years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We
had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the
world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What in the hell happened? Can
you spell 'politicians?'
And I still have to 'press 1' for
English!?