Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.<\/span><\/p>\n Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?<\/span><\/p>\n Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?<\/span><\/p>\n You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The President does.<\/span><\/p>\n You and I don’t have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0The House of Representatives does.<\/span><\/p>\n You and I\u00a0 don’t write the tax code, Congress does.<\/span><\/p>\n You and I don’t set fiscal policy, Congress does.<\/span><\/p>\n You and I don’t control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/span><\/p>\n 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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 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\u00a0 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.<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/span><\/p>\n What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall.\u00a0 No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating\u00a0 deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.<\/span><\/p>\n 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\u00a0 want.\u00a0 If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.<\/span><\/p>\n 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\u00a0 government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.<\/span><\/p>\n If the tax code is unfair, it’s because they want it unfair.<\/span><\/p>\n If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red.<\/span><\/p>\n If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it’s because they want them in\u00a0 Iraq and Afghanistan …<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/span><\/p>\n There are no\u00a0 insoluble government problems.<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/span><\/p>\n Those 545 people, and they\u00a0 alone, are responsible.<\/span><\/p>\n They, and they alone, have the power.<\/span><\/p>\n They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.<\/span><\/p>\n Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees… Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando\u00a0 Sentinel\u00a0 Newspaper.<\/span><\/p>\n What you do\u00a0 with this article now that you have read it… is up to you.<\/span><\/p>\n This might be funny if it weren’t so\u00a0 true.<\/span><\/p>\n Be sure to read all the way to the end:<\/span><\/p>\n Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax his tractor,\u00a0Tax his mule, Tax his work,\u00a0Tax his pay, Tax his cow,\u00a0Tax his goat, Tax his ties,\u00a0Tax his shirt, Tax his tobacco,\u00a0Tax his drink, Tax his cigars,\u00a0Tax his beers, Tax his car,\u00a0Tax his gas, Tax all he has Then tax his coffin,\u00a0Tax his grave, Put these words\u00a0Upon his tomb,<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Taxes drove me\u00a0 to my doom…’<\/span><\/p>\n When he’s gone,\u00a0Do not relax, Accounts Receivable Tax Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.<\/span><\/p>\n What in the heck happened?\u00a0\u00a0 Can you spell ‘politicians?’<\/span><\/p>\n I hope this goes around THE USA at least 545 times!!!\u00a0 YOU can help it get there!!!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n GO AHEAD. . .\u00a0 BE AN AMERICAN!!!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Charlie Reese\u2019s last column for the Orlando Sentinel is as relevant now as when it was first written nearly 15 years-ago<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30924"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31080,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30924\/revisions\/31080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWe should vote all of\u00a0 them out of office and clean up their mess!<\/span><\/p>\n
\nTax the table,
\nAt which he’s fed.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nTeach him taxes
\nAre the rule.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHe works for\u00a0peanuts anyway!<\/span><\/p>\n
\nTax his pants,\u00a0Tax his coat.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\u00a0Tax his work,\u00a0Tax his dirt.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nTax him if he\u00a0Tries to think.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nIf he cries\u00a0Tax his tears.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nFind other ways\u00a0To tax his ass.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThen let him know
\nThat you won’t be done
\nTill he has no dough.
\nWhen he screams and hollers;
\nThen tax him some more,
\nTax him till\u00a0He’s good and sore.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nTax the sod in\u00a0Which he’s laid…<\/span><\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s time to apply\u00a0The inheritance tax.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nBuilding Permit Tax
\nCDL license Tax
\nCigarette Tax
\nCorporate Income Tax
\nDog License Tax
\nExcise Taxes
\nFederal Income Tax
\nFederal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
\nFishing License Tax
\nFood License Tax
\nFuel Permit Tax
\nGasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
\nGross Receipts Tax
\nHunting License Tax
\nInheritance Tax
\nInventory Tax
\nIRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
\nLiquor Tax
\nLuxury Taxes
\nMarriage License Tax
\nMedicare Tax
\nPersonal Property Tax
\nProperty Tax
\nReal Estate Tax
\nService Charge Tax
\nSocial Security Tax
\nRoad Usage Tax
\nRecreational Vehicle Tax
\nSales Tax
\nSchool Tax
\nState Income Tax
\nState Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
\nTelephone Federal Excise Tax
\nTelephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
\n\u00a0Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
\nTelephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
\nTelephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax
\nTelephone\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State\u00a0\u00a0 and Local Tax
\n\u00a0Telephone Usage Charge Tax
\n\u00a0Utility Taxes
\nVehicle License Registration Tax
\nVehicle Sales Tax
\nWatercraft Registration Tax
\nWell Permit Tax
\nWorkers Compensation Tax<\/span><\/p>\nSTILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?<\/span><\/h3>\n