Lake County local Ralph Smith sent me this which he received from Stan Bainter.
Kinda makes you tired of all the taxes he describes below! This is a good item to read before going to this week's various government agencies to watch them approve their budgets and any tax increases.
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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 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?
Nancy Pelosi. 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 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.
This might be funny if it weren't so darned 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 T ax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal
Service FeeTax
Telephone Federal, State and
Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage
Surcharge=2 0Tax
Telephone Recurring and
Non-recurring 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 in the hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'
And I still have to 'press 1' for English!?
I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 times!!! YOU can
help it get
there!!!
GO AHEAD - - - BE AN
AMERICAN!!!
