Congress

Congress

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=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 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!?