545 vs. 300,000,000

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545 vs. 300,000,000

You must read this. It is non-partisan!

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-pickingthing. 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 cannot 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 and 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.......... It's up to you.

This might be funny if it weren't so 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 inwhich 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.

And. More!!!

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 Service Fee Tax

Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes

Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge=2 0Tax

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 mostprosperous 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 happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'

And I still have to 'press 1' for English!?

I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 times!!! YOU can help it get there!!!

GO AHEAD - - - BE AN AMERICAN!!!

[323ssplt]

Oh so true

[Il Duce]

amen!

[MCSCOTT]

Very true, and I think this year especially alot more people are finally starting to realize this. As far as replacing those 545, for that to be done you would have to have the majority of those 300,000,000 on board. The reason this can't happen is because half of those are receiving more and more benefits every year from plans that those 545 put in place, so they are either all for them, or don't care about doing anything since their taxes don't have any effect on them. Out of the 150,000,000 that are left, alot of those are stuck in a situation where they simply can't do anything to stand up, or don't really know where to start. This leaves only a handful of people, and the only thing they can do is have peaceful protests. Since there's such a small amount doing this, the government controlled media can spin things around to make these people look like outcasts, racists, or terrorists. The only option that most of us hope for is at election time, but in the end we're only voting for people who can, and most likely will, screw things up that much worse. Politicians use to care about this country and it's future, and the simple fact is that they are only interested in what's best for them these days.

IMO politicians should be some of the least paid people in the country. Take teachers for example. They don't make much money, most do it solely because they love to help children learn. Most local LEO's don't make much either considering they're risking their lives every day for the country, alot of them do it simply because they want to help keep their community safe. Politicians should be no different, cut even the President's pay down to a modest amount, and make it where no one would want the job unless they really only want to help this country. Sure, at that it would probably be hard to find anyone who would want to take the job due to what all is involved, but you could be sure that once you did find someone they would have this country's best interest in mind.

[mikegideon]

Vote them all out? I think that's real optimistic. Bad politicians are common as mud. Assuming that new politicians are always going to be better that the person they replace is uhhh... optimistic.

Instead, maybe we should just do OUR jobs. Pay close attention, and vote for the best person. How many people hit the button on a candidate because of some BS reason, instead of because they know the issues and where the candidate stands?

Charlie seems to ignore the fact that WE put those people in office. WE need to do our jobs.

[MCSCOTT]

Vote them all out? I think that's real optimistic. Bad politicians are common as mud. Assuming that new politicians are always going to be better that the person they replace is uhhh... optimistic.

Kinda what I was meaning in all of my ramblings there. There's no way to ever vote out the bad politicians anymore, as they are all bad. We put them in office, they basically cut our pay by taxing us more and more. Since WE put them in office, when do WE get to have a say in how much they make and how they are allowed to spend OUR money.

Like I said, if those 545 had a much smaller paycheck like the average working man, and were also limited on alot of those government perks they get, then the only ones that would want to take these positions would be doing it based on the fact that they only want to help this country.

Just my opinion though, as I'm sure all those crooked SOB's would find ways around that as well to benefit themselves and screw the working man.

Edited April 22, 2010 by MCSCOTT