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<blockquote data-quote="Upsmule" data-source="post: 1158827" data-attributes="member: 45962"><p>Right or Left or Independent.... true of false this is great.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">545 vs. 300,000,000 People</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">-By Charlie Reese</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">then campaign against them.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">appropriations. The House of Representatives does.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">domestic problems that plague this country.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">chartered, but private, central bank.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">how he votes.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">regardless of party.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.. ( The</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">accept it.)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House?(</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. )</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">agree to. [The House has passed a budget but the Senate has not</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">approved a budget in over three years. The President's proposed budgets</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">have gotten almost unanimous rejections in the Senate in that time. ]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">want to exist.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">There are no insoluble government problems.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">from doing what they take an oath to do.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">alone, have the power.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">their bosses. Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">employees... We should vote all of them out of office and clean up</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">their mess!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">What you do with this article now that you have read it... is up to you.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">This might be funny if it weren't so true. Be sure to read all the way</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">to the end:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his land,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his bed,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax the table,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">At which he's fed.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his tractor,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his mule,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Teach him taxes</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Are the rule.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his work,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his pay,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">He works for</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">peanuts anyway!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his cow,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his goat,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his pants,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his coat.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his ties,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his shirt,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his work,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his dirt.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his tobacco,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his drink,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax him if he</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tries to think.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his cigars,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his beers,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">If he cries</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his tears.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his car,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his gas,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Find other ways</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">To tax his ass.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax all he has</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Then let him know</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">That you won't be done</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Till he has no dough.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">When he screams and hollers;</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Then tax him some more,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax him till</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">He's good and sore.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Then tax his coffin,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax his grave,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Tax the sod in</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Which he's laid...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Put these words</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Upon his tomb,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">'Taxes drove me</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">to my doom...'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">When he's gone,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Do not relax,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Its time to apply</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The inheritance tax. Accounts Receivable Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Building Permit Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">CDL license Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Cigarette Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Corporate Income Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Dog License Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Excise Taxes</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Federal Income Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Fishing License Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Food License Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Fuel Permit Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Gross Receipts Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Hunting License Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Inheritance Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Inventory Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Liquor Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Luxury Taxes</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Marriage License Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Medicare Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Personal Property Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Property Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Real Estate Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Service Charge Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Social Security Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Road Usage Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Recreational Vehicle Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Sales Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">School Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">State Income Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Telephone Federal Excise Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Telephone State and Local Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Telephone Usage Charge Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Utility Taxes</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Vehicle License Registration Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Vehicle Sales Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Watercraft Registration Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Well Permit Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Workers Compensation Tax</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of these taxes existed 100 years</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">What in the heck happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Upsmule, post: 1158827, member: 45962"] Right or Left or Independent.... true of false this is great. [SIZE=4][FONT=arial]545 vs. 300,000,000 People[/FONT] [FONT=arial]-By Charlie Reese[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and[/FONT] [FONT=arial]then campaign against them.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are[/FONT] [FONT=arial]against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation[/FONT] [FONT=arial]and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?[/FONT] [FONT=arial]You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on[/FONT] [FONT=arial]appropriations. The House of Representatives does.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are[/FONT] [FONT=arial]directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the[/FONT] [FONT=arial]domestic problems that plague this country.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that[/FONT] [FONT=arial]problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally[/FONT] [FONT=arial]chartered, but private, central bank.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't[/FONT] [FONT=arial]care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The[/FONT] [FONT=arial]politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the[/FONT] [FONT=arial]lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine[/FONT] [FONT=arial]how he votes.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that[/FONT] [FONT=arial]what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con[/FONT] [FONT=arial]regardless of party.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive[/FONT] [FONT=arial]amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.. ( The[/FONT] [FONT=arial]President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to[/FONT] [FONT=arial]accept it.)[/FONT] [FONT=arial]The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole[/FONT] [FONT=arial]responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and[/FONT] [FONT=arial]approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House?([/FONT] [FONT=arial]John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow[/FONT] [FONT=arial]House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. )[/FONT] [FONT=arial]If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they[/FONT] [FONT=arial]agree to. [The House has passed a budget but the Senate has not[/FONT] [FONT=arial]approved a budget in over three years. The President's proposed budgets[/FONT] [FONT=arial]have gotten almost unanimous rejections in the Senate in that time. ][/FONT] [FONT=arial]It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot[/FONT] [FONT=arial]replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of[/FONT] [FONT=arial]incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic[/FONT] [FONT=arial]problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you[/FONT] [FONT=arial]fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the[/FONT] [FONT=arial]federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they[/FONT] [FONT=arial]want to exist.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they[/FONT] [FONT=arial]want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ...[/FONT] [FONT=arial]If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement[/FONT] [FONT=arial]plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]There are no insoluble government problems.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they[/FONT] [FONT=arial]hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and[/FONT] [FONT=arial]advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to[/FONT] [FONT=arial]regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let[/FONT] [FONT=arial]them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical[/FONT] [FONT=arial]forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them[/FONT] [FONT=arial]from doing what they take an oath to do.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they[/FONT] [FONT=arial]alone, have the power.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are[/FONT] [FONT=arial]their bosses. Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own[/FONT] [FONT=arial]employees... We should vote all of them out of office and clean up[/FONT] [FONT=arial]their mess![/FONT] [FONT=arial]Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]What you do with this article now that you have read it... is up to you.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]This might be funny if it weren't so true. Be sure to read all the way[/FONT] [FONT=arial]to the end:[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his land,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his bed,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax the table,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]At which he's fed.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his tractor,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his mule,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Teach him taxes[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Are the rule.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his work,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his pay,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]He works for[/FONT] [FONT=arial]peanuts anyway![/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his cow,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his goat,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his pants,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his coat.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his ties,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his shirt,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his work,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his dirt.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his tobacco,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his drink,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax him if he[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tries to think.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his cigars,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his beers,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]If he cries[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his tears.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his car,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his gas,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Find other ways[/FONT] [FONT=arial]To tax his ass.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax all he has[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Then let him know[/FONT] [FONT=arial]That you won't be done[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Till he has no dough.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]When he screams and hollers;[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Then tax him some more,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax him till[/FONT] [FONT=arial]He's good and sore.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Then tax his coffin,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax his grave,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Tax the sod in[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Which he's laid...[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Put these words[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Upon his tomb,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]'Taxes drove me[/FONT] [FONT=arial]to my doom...'[/FONT] [FONT=arial]When he's gone,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Do not relax,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Its time to apply[/FONT] [FONT=arial]The inheritance tax. Accounts Receivable Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Building Permit Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]CDL license Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Cigarette Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Corporate Income Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Dog License Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Excise Taxes[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Federal Income Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Fishing License Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Food License Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Fuel Permit Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Gross Receipts Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Hunting License Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Inheritance Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Inventory Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Liquor Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Luxury Taxes[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Marriage License Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Medicare Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Personal Property Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Property Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Real Estate Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Service Charge Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Social Security Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Road Usage Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Recreational Vehicle Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Sales Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]School Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]State Income Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Telephone Federal Excise Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Telephone State and Local Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Telephone Usage Charge Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Utility Taxes[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Vehicle License Registration Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Vehicle Sales Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Watercraft Registration Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Well Permit Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]Workers Compensation Tax[/FONT] [FONT=arial]STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of these taxes existed 100 years[/FONT] [FONT=arial]ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had[/FONT] [FONT=arial]absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world,[/FONT] [FONT=arial]and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.[/FONT] [FONT=arial]What in the heck happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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