Charley  Reese's Final Column

Charley  Reese has been a journalist for 49  years.

Be sure to read the Tax List at the end.

This  is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be - read it!!  

The article below is completely neutral, not 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

EVERY   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.

     545  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?  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  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 hell  happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'