545 vs. 300,000,000 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 car
e 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? John Boehner. He is the leader

  of the majority party. He 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 & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan

  it’s because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan …

  

  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 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 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

  W
hich 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 Tax

  Social Security Tax

  Road Usage Tax

  Recreational Vehicle Tax

  Sales 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 Tax

  Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring 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, & 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 heck

  happened? Can you spell ‘politicians’

 

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