Just a Friendly Reminder

[Big N' Blue]

Charley
> Reese's final column
> Just a Friendly Reminder
>
> Be sure to Read the Poem at the
> end.
>
> 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
> or 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 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
> Taxes
> to pass 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, 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!!!
> GO
> AHEAD. . . BE AN AMERICAN….
>
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