The
United States of America was founded on the idea that the people elected
leaders and the leaders were responsible to the people. The federal government has consistently and
continually grown larger over the years.
Our leaders use the power and authority of their positions to enrich and
empower themselves, and they act as though the citizens were their servants. This is not the way our Founding Fathers
envisioned our nation.
President
Abraham Lincoln understood the Founders reasoning: “We the people are the rightful masters of
both Congress and the Courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to
overthrow the men who would pervert the Constitution.”
Other people also understand the
way the government is supposed to work. CharlieReese, a former columnist for the Orlando Sentinel newspaper, was a journalist
for 49 years, and he wrote the following article for his last column before
retiring. His article shows that Charlie
gained wisdom and insight as he grew older.
He is absolutely right in his comments.
Americans have grown lazy and want the government to take care of
them. Until the people accept personal
responsibility for themselves and their families and become accountable for
their actions, the government will continue to grow. As government grows, it demands more taxes to
pay for it. We need to fire all of them
and hire new ones who will show more respect to their bosses!
545 vs. 300,000,000 People
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 who 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 budge they want.)
If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree
to. [The House has passed a budget but
the Senate has not approved a budget in over three years. The President’s proposed budgets have gotten
almost unanimous rejections in the Senate in that time.]
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!
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 play.
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.
It’s
time to apply
The
inheritance tax.
[Aircraft
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 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!!!
