CHARLIE REESE'S FINAL COLUMN

A very interesting column.. COMPLETELY NEUTRAL

Be sure to Read the Poem at the end.


Charley 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.



Be sure to read the Tax List at the end.



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, 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 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:



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 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!!!.......PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL YOUR

FRIENDS.....LETS KEEP THIS GOING UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS 2012