Charlie Reese Wrote This... How True It Is!

545 PEOPLE

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 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-pickingthing. 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.

I'll end this with a Charlie Reese quote from 1993...

"But regardless of whose fault it is, most politicians today are not human beings. You want to pry open their mouths and shout into the darkness, 'Hello! Is there a human being in there?' Buried under all that lust for office, all that fear of offending a contributor? I know there must be."

The People of the Democratic Party Could Be Better Served…

First, let me say I’m not a Democrat, in fact I’m pretty far to the right in most of my political views although I do have a fairly moderate take concerning certain social issues. That being said I want everyone to understand I’ve been so unhappy with the bungling of the two mainstream political parties in our country that I’ve signed off on both of them and now proudly proclaim to anyone willing to listen that I’m a right leaning Independent.

It certainly has...

So, as a somewhat impartial observer, I have a couple of questions that are just begging to be asked… First, I find it very hard to believe the majority of the people who make up today’s Democratic Party are so far out in left field that they truly support where President Obama and his people seem to be taking our country. Am I misreading this? Are you lifelong Democrats really hoping to see the demise of the Capitalistic system in our country? Are you in favor of a more Socialistic society in which the government either owns or closely oversees the country’s businesses and takes care of not only the few citizens who are unable to care for themselves but also the multitude of citizens who are apparently unwilling to try? Simply put, are you in favor of an ever growing Federal bureaucracy and the demise of rewarding our citizens' self-initiative?  I find that hard to believe and if I’m not wrong then the second question I have comes barreling right up to the forefront… Why in the world would you continue to support Barrack Obama in his bid to be re-elected if you’re not happy with what he’s been trying to accomplish? Conversely, if you actually are in favor of a more socialistic system in our country and hope to see it implemented then I also have to wonder why you would continue to support Barrack Obama as your champion based on his almost total lack of leadership in the face of adversity.

In our country’s history there has only been one sitting President seeking re-election who was defeated before the general election by a challenger from within his own party, so what I’m about to suggest is historically the wrong thing to do, but it appears to me the Democratic Party would be much better served if they nominated another candidate for the 2012 Presidential Election. Beyond Barrack Obama’s apparent need to saddle those of us who pay taxes with an ever increasing tax burden in order to grow Socialism in the United States, this man and his people have grossly mishandled the economic stimulus, the effort to get our military out of Afghanistan and Iraq, illegal immigration, and on and on. Each one of these issues is bad enough, but taken as a whole they add up to nothing short of a resounding defeat of Mr. Obama in the next election and I don’t care if he musters a trillion dollar campaign. The majority of Americans have had enough of this man, his failed policies and lack of leadership. Mark my words, if Barrack Obama carries the Democratic Party’s nomination into the 2012 general election he won’t be the only Democrat going down to defeat.

If the Democratic Party wants to hold onto some semblance of power, it seems to me they will be much better served running a different candidate for President in 2012…