Blame these people for the mess

[Cane Pole]

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.
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 alo ne, 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.

[herb]

Part of the blame falls on our shoulders Charlie since we the people voted in all 536 of them. But like he says, it's up to us, the employers, to correct the problem.

[J White]

But what is the solution when all the choices on the ballot stink?

One bunch just as bad as the other. And if an honest person with
a shred of integrity should have the misfortune to try and run for office,
and they were to show any sign of having a chance of winning, the
entrenched thugs would bully, blackmail, beat them up till they saw the
error of their ways. I hate to be so pessimistic, but really don't see any way
of getting rid of them, they dug in like a tick.

[jaxsprat]

But what is the solution when all the choices on the ballot stink?

One bunch just as bad as the other. And if an honest person with
a shred of integrity should have the misfortune to try and run for office,
and they were to show any sign of having a chance of winning, the
entrenched thugs would bully, blackmail, beat them up till they saw the
error of their ways. I hate to be so pessimistic, but really don't see any way
of getting rid of them, they dug in like a tick.

placing a liquid dish soap (like Dawn) on a tick for 20-30 seconds causes him/her to back out of your skin(dog etc.) May I suggest a full quart down the politicians throat.....

[2yrsnluvinit]

what happened to by the people for the people,that speech has been shot in the head because it seems like it by what the h*ll they want.

[Hanr3]

Glad too see I am not the only one who sees it this way.

Lets see here, excessive debt, high taxes, governemnt run businesses, all thats left is the banning of all firearms from the common man.


At the current rate, it won't be long before we are playing cowboys and politicians!

[billbob]

amen on that har 3

[JSC]

Charlie got it right but forgot to say:

"A good Lawyer is a good Con Artist ... Most Poloticians are Lawyers and they are Super Con Artist ... the rest are Con Artist who con the super con artist " and they all con us.......


We just do not have enough people who "Get It" to get them out of office.

Lord Help Us !!!!!!!

Off of Soap Box.

JSC

[rnvinc]

Vote anti-incumbant every time.....eventually all 1 term politicians will go to washington to work and not to be a lifetime politician.....

[Goldeneye]

The sad thing is, If we vote 500+ out, Theres 5000 more just like them waiting ro get in!