545  versus 300,000,000EVERY 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  ReesePoliticians 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 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 ,  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,              It’s 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              Sales Tax              Recreational Vehicle 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 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!?     I hope  this goes around THE USA at least 100 times!!!  YOU  can help it get there!!!              GO AHEAD - - - BE AN AMERICAN!!! Attack life! It’s going to kill you anyway. “It’s Your World, Pay Attention”