No matter which side you`re on, this is worth reading.
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, we have deficits? Have
you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high
taxes, 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 - 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? 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 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 fe deral 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 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!
We SHOULD fire the********`s and start over!!
Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel
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, we have deficits? Have
you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high
taxes, 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 - 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? 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 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 fe deral 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 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!
We SHOULD fire the********`s and start over!!
Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel