Charlie Reese Has Done It, Again!

Retired writer Charlie Reese has once again seen the problem with our country and accurately pointed it out. You have to read this one.
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, 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/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. 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.



Sales Tax
School Tax
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Excise Taxes
Property Tax
Cigarette Tax
Medicare Tax
Inventory Tax
Real Estate Tax
Well Permit Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Inheritance Tax
Road Usage Tax
CDL license Tax
Dog License Tax
State Income Tax
Food License Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Gross Receipts Tax
Social Security Tax
Service Charge Tax
Fishing License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Building Permit Tax
IRS Interest Charges
Hunting License Tax
Marriage License Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Personal Property Tax
Accounts Receivable Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Utility Taxes Vehicle License Registration Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax


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 hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians? ' I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 times!!!
YOU can help it get there!!!
GO AHEAD - - - BE AN AMERICAN!!!

Iran Goes Nuclear, US and UK Proclaim No Threat...

Iran, that peaceful state which has denied the holocaust and proclaimed that Israel should be wiped off the face of the map, is now nuclear. Yea, don't we all feel safer now? And the US proclaimed that "it is no threat to anyone's security". While Iran's president stated that if attacked Iran would strike out at the whole world. The UK stated that they had always respected Iran's right to "civilian nuclear power. Right, like Hitler had right to remilitarize the Rhineland in 1936. "It is, afterall, his own backyard." I'm not arguing for attacking Iran, I am arguing in favor of returning to the doctrine of America First! Then we would deal with the winners of these local wars.

PETA Is PO'ed

As you have probably heard, Dodge drew the ire of PETA with their ad featuring a chimpanzee. Dodge then outsmarted the PETA freaks and digitally removed the chimp, leaving his suit in the ad. PETA called it a victory because Dodge caved, but Dodge got extra mileage out of the ad. Now the PETA freaks will probably cry to their Obamessiah to have "government" funds removed from the lesser brother of government motors. Interesting that Ford did not have any "government" bailout money and is doing great. Three cheers for President Harding.

If Americans Were as Tolerant as Islam....

As I have driven across America I am still amazed at what a wonderful country we have. Yes, we have problems, but we have overcome so many and are working to overcome so many more. I see mosques, Catholic churches, synagogues, and protestant churches in the same communities, and I think, in what other country can you see this? We Americans are a stubborn people. We want to work to provide for our families, we want to spend time with our families, and we want to be left alone. It is part of that “do unto others…” thing. I was driving with my wife and saw a mosque in the distance and thought, how can people believe the hateful things that the islamisc extremists say about America?
If Americans were as tolerant as islam, then after September 11, 2001, every mosque in America would have been burned down.
If Americans were as tolerant as islam, every muslim, men, women, children, would have been killed.
If Americans were as tolerant as islam, our republican government would have been replaced with the Spanish Inquisition, with heretics being persecuted and tortured into conversion or death.
If Americans were as tolerant as islam, all women would have to surrender their driver’s license, could not be seen in public without a male member of their family, could not own property.
If we are nicer to the islamisc extremists then perhaps we will be as tolerant as they are. Wait, that won’t work out well for them.

Now, This is Embarrassing...

What is going on? The world is laughing at the US more than at any time since the late 1970's and the French president is coming across as a tough guy? On July 26 President Sarkozy vowed revenge on the muslim terrorists who beheaded a french missionary in northern Niger. Three cheers for Sarkozy, pity we don't have a president who cares as much about our citizens. And then today, Sarkozy ordered the expulsion of illegal gypsy immigrants from France! Vie la France! (Bet you never thought you would hear me say that!) What's embarrassing is that the US should not be in the situation where France looks like John Wayne and the US looks like Marcel Marceau. I trained with the french when I was in the military and, like the other allies I trained with, found them to be very capable in their missions. It is their national leadership, or lack thereof, which has always been their downfall. My how things have changed, France has strong leadership and the US is floundering under an obese federal government and millions of illegal aliens, both of which are draining the life out of our country. As I said, now, this is embarrassing...

Is Russia Supporting Insurgency in Afghanistan?

Ok, admittedly I am slow and many of you have already thought of this, but for some reason it hit me that Russia may be supporting the Taliban in its fight against the US forces. Why would they do that, you ask. Well, during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan the US, under the leadership of President Reagan, supported the Mujahedeen in its fight against the Soviets. Vladimir Putin, the not so behind the scenes leader of Russia was KGB and holds no love for a strong US or a successful integration of a stable Afghanistan into an American orbit. If Americans withdraw from Afghanistan and chaos resumes, then the Russians could step in as a stabilizing force, without much criticism from the US. Besides, Russians hold long grudges and this could be a win-win situation for the Russians.

Election Tampering by Democrats?

I know this is hard to believe, but investigators have found that Sen. Franken of Minnesota could have been elected by votes cast illegally by convicted felons. Here's the story:
Felons Voting Illegally May Have Put Franken Over the Top in Minnesota, Study Finds
By Ed Barnes
Published July 12, 2010
| FoxNews.com
AP

A study finds that at least 341 convicted felons voted illegally in the election that made former "Saturday Night Live" comedian Al Franken a U.S. senator in 2008.

The six-month election recount that turned former "Saturday Night Live" comedian Al Franken into a U.S. senator may have been decided by convicted felons who voted illegally in Minnesota's Twin Cities.

That's the finding of an 18-month study conducted by Minnesota Majority, a conservative watchdog group, which found that at least 341 convicted felons in largely Democratic Minneapolis-St. Paul voted illegally in the 2008 Senate race between Franken, a Democrat, and his Republican opponent, then-incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman.

The final recount vote in the race, determined six months after Election Day, showed Franken beat Coleman by 312 votes -- fewer votes than the number of felons whose illegal ballots were counted, according to Minnesota Majority's newly released study, which matched publicly available conviction lists with voting records.

Furthermore, the report charges that efforts to get state and federal authorities to act on its findings have been "stonewalled."

"We aren't trying to change the result of the last election. That legally can't be done," said Dan McGrath, Minnesota Majority's executive director. "We are just trying to make sure the integrity of the next election isn't compromised."

He said his group was largely ignored when it turned over a list of hundreds of names to prosecutors in two of the state's largest counties, Ramsey and Hennepin, where fraud seemed to be the greatest.

A spokesman for both county attorneys' offices belittled the information, saying it was "just plain wrong" and full of errors, which prompted the group to go back and start an in-depth look at the records.

"What we did this time is irrefutable," McGrath said. "We took the voting lists and matched them with conviction lists and then went back to the records and found the roster lists, where voters sign in before walking to the voting booth, and matched them by hand.

"The only way we can be wrong is if someone with the same first, middle and last names, same year of birth as the felon, and living in the same community, has voted. And that isn't very likely."

The report said that in Hennepin County, which in includes Minneapolis, 899 suspected felons had been matched on the county's voting records, and the review showed 289 voters were conclusively matched to felon records. The report says only three people in the county have been charged with voter fraud so far.

A representative of the Hennepin County attorney's office, who declined to give her name, said "there was no one in the office today to talk about the charges."

But the report got a far different review in Ramsey County, which contains St. Paul. Phil Carruthers of the Ramsey County attorney's office said his agency had taken the charges "very seriously" and found that the Minnesota Majority "had done a good job in their review."

The report says that in Ramsey, 460 names on voting records were matched with felon lists, and a further review found 52 were conclusive matches.

Carruthers attributed differences in the numbers to Minnesota Majority's lack of access to nonpublic information, such as exact birth dates and other court records. For example, he said, "public records might show a felon was given 10 years probation, but internal records the county attorney has might show that the probation period was cut to five and the felon was eligible to vote."

Carruthers said Ramsey County is still investigating all the names and has asked that 15 investigators be hired to complete the process. "So far we have charged 28 people with felonies, have 17 more under review and have 182 cases still open," he said. "And there is a good chance we may match or even exceed their numbers."

McGrath says the report shows that more still has to be done.

"Prosecutors have to act more swiftly in prosecuting cases from the 2008 election to deter fraud in the future," he said, "and the state has to make sure that existing system, that flags convicted felons so voting officials can challenge them at the ballot, is effective. In 90 percent of the cases we looked at, the felons weren't flagged."

"If the state had done that," he said, "things might be very different today."
It is, after all, the Chicago way.