Subject: Charley
Reese's final column
Charley Reese's final column for the Orlando Sentinel. He has been a journalist for 49 years. He is retiring and this is HIS LAST COLUMN.
Charley Reese's final column for the Orlando Sentinel. He has been a journalist for 49 years. He is retiring and this is HIS LAST COLUMN.
Be
sure to read the Tax List at the end.
This
is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be. The article below is completely neutral -
neither anti-Republican nor anti-Democrat.
Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando Sentinel, has hit the
nail directly on the head, defining clearly who it is that in the final
analysis must assume responsibility for the judgments made that impact each one
of us every day. It's a short but good
read. Worth the time. Worth remembering!
545
Politicians vs. 300,000,000 People
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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 higher
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 SCAM, 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.
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.
NONE
OF THE TAXES BELOW
EXISTED 100 YEARS AGO!
Federal
Income Tax
Accounts
Receivable Tax
Building
Permit Tax
CDL
license Tax
Cigarette
Tax
Corporate
Income Tax
Dog
License Tax
Excise
Taxes
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, 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 heck happened? Can you spell
'politicians?'
I
hope this goes around THE USA at least 545 times! YOU can help it get there!!!
If
we have let the reins slip from our hands, it is now time to take back the
reins. Patriots must be willing to make
the sacrifices and expend the effort to return our government to the control of
we the people.
GO
AHEAD. . . BE AN AMERICAN.
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