To my fellow Americans

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=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 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!?

War spending of course, we staid out until we got in, and then we lent to other countries, that increased our revenue, and business lent too, so ya.

Our personal taxes are one of the lowest in the industrialized world

our business taxes, however, are legitimately high because, as americans, we want everything, but just not to pay for it.

though, i have to admit, some of those are pretty ridiculous,

like the fishing license one

but i'm sure that somehow, they made since in some point, at one time or another.

thing944 wrote:

LOL winner

Federal Reserve Bank. get rid of them.

Get rid of your political parties. substitute them by Multiple Parties with no certain point of view(IE your liberal/conservative stupidity).

thats a good start.

oh and, to pay your debt, here is one simple, one really small, one really good solution:

Sell

Your

Guns.

I agree with Champ's post. Abolish both systems, start the country from scratch.

federal reserve bank should be centralized, however, it is a crucial part of our economic stability.

Nihil wrote:federal reserve bank should be centralized, however, it is a crucial part of our economic stability.

no its not. its the reason your country is going to shit. i cant honestly what went thru your fucking minds to let a private corporation run the country's money....

FDR, new deal, back then, it was a more conservative liberal,

if we privatize it, it would be better, but basically it provides stability, I.E

Paul Volcker et al.

Nihil wrote:FDR, new deal, back then, it was a more conservative liberal,

if we privatize it, it would be better, but basically it provides stability, I.E

Paul Volcker et al.

oh it provides stability? ever since it came into play, your economy as been swailing around like a ballerina. look where you are now

blame war? who pushed america into war? a sense of humanity? i hardly think so.

that fucking bank is the reason behind evth that is wrong in america. look at other countries, with government run Central Bank.

LOL

i know, i'm saying that it SHOULD be run by the central gov.

but getting rid of it entirely, which is what i thought you were saying, is a bad idea.

Nihil wrote:FDR, new deal, back then, it was a more conservative liberal,

if we privatize it, it would be better, but basically it provides stability, I.E

Paul Volcker et al.

Thomas Jefferson said that a centralized bank is a greater threat to our country than a standing army'

Both were considered taboo on the founding of this country. we have ended up with both. the standing army has proven to be necessary for national defense and the bank has been instrumental in the destruction of our way of life.

the only way to do so is by gradually shifting away its powers to a new household that must be created and run by the government. the problem is the Bank's influence has stretched so much that taking it away will proove harder then anth.

after, and only after, you do this, get rid of your weapons.

Moved to rancor pit.

Ptolemy wrote:

Nihil wrote:FDR, new deal, back then, it was a more conservative liberal,

if we privatize it, it would be better, but basically it provides stability, I.E

Paul Volcker et al.

Thomas Jefferson said that a centralized bank is a greater threat to our country than a standing army'

Both were considered taboo on the founding of this country. we have ended up with both. the standing army has proven to be necessary for national defense and the bank has been instrumental in the destruction of our way of life.

did i really say privatize??

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

I meant centralize

and GEORGE WASHINGTON and ALEXANDER HAMILTON proposed the bank system, ALEXANDER HAMILTON who cured america of its first great DEBT.

Also, the American way of life changes, nothing is static, we have to accept that, people need to stop fearing that we are loosing something, its like people fearing that we have run out of frontiers in America, after Lewis & Clark's expeditions, change happens, it is what keeps nations alive, vibrant, and able to compete, America was founded on a doctrine of change, not of complete immobility