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THE FOLLOWING IS ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLE REESE, SUPPOSEDLY A WRITER FOR THE ORLANDO SENTINEL. WHETHER IT WAS MR. REESE, OR SOMEONE ELSE WHO WROTE THIS, IT IS 100% ON THE MONEY!
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  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? 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 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 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?’