545 vs. 300,000,000 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 dont propose a federal budget. The President does. > > You and I dont have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. > The House of Representatives does. > > You and I dont write the tax code, Congress does. > > You and I dont set fiscal policy, Congress does. > > You and I dont 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 dont 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 legislators 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? John Boehner. He > is the leader of the majority party. He 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 cannot replace 545 > people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and > irresponsibility. I cant 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, its because they want it unfair. > > If the budget is in the red, its because they want it in the red. > > If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan its because they want > them in Iraq and Afghanistan ... > > If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan > not available to the people, its 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. >
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:56:37 +0000
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