READ,  WEEP, PRINT AND KEEP!

This  should be on the front page of every  newspaper.

Charley Reese’s Final  column!
A very interesting column.. COMPLETELY  NEUTRALCharley 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.

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 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:

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?’