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 why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered why, 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.

100 senators, 435 congressmen, 1 president, and 9 Supreme Court justices – 545
1human 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 $1M 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/she 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? She (currently) 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 can not 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, though you appear to have several choices:

1. You can send this to everyone in your address book, and hope 'they' do something about it.

2. You can agree to 'vote against' everyone who is currently in office, knowing that
the process will take several years.

3. You can decide to 'run for office' yourself and agree to do the job properly.

4. Lastly, you can sit back and do nothing, or re-elect the current bunch.

good post...as for #3, mucci just nominated billie the kid and me for prez on another thread! should we think about it?

Originally Posted by chachacha

good post...as for #3, mucci just nominated billie the kid and me for prez on another thread! should we think about it?

Do you really want a temporary job and have to live in government housing in the DC area ? ? ?

That's why we have the representatives we do on both sides. Our choices are bad and badder !!

I've noticed the reps we have now have these really nice Georgetown digs ! hmmm, wonder how they afford those on government salary !!! Do you think they may be benefiting on our tax dollars ?!!!

Originally Posted by golfpro

That's why we have the representatives we do on both sides. Our choices are bad and badder !!

I've noticed the reps we have now have these really nice Georgetown digs ! hmmm, wonder how they afford those on government salary !!! Do you think they may be benefiting on our tax dollars ?!!!

What ? ? ? ? Congresspersons more concerned about themselves than us? How could that ever happen? ? ?

Do you think there is a coincidence that for the most part they are law educated....ex-lawyers.

I do believe the silent majority has chosen to bear it than do something about it......and the 545 count on it and are never disappointed!!!

What a pity. The silent majority gets what it deserves......DANG IT!!!!!

How many on this forum write their lawmakers.....REGULARLY????

Federal and State?

BTK

PS I vote for a revolution as evolution is wat we have.

It'll take a while to get rid of these creatures, but we have to start sometime and somewhere, just like for energy, we need to start drilling and building those nuke plants (but that's another thread/discussion).

I lobby my reps often on major issues, but for now I'm in a State that is permeated top to bottom with the 'creatures.'

Then there's the Supreme Court !!

bump

thanx for the bump!

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