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545 People - Politicians Create Problems,Then Campaign against Them
Received this from a friend via email.
Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando Sentinel has hit the nail directly on the head, defining clearly who it is that in the final analysis must assume responsibility for the judgments made that impact each one of us every day.
It's a short but good read. Worth the time. Worth remembering!
545 vs. 300,000,000
EVERY CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE. READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE.
Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.
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.
Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando Sentinel has hit the nail directly on the head, defining clearly who it is that in the final analysis must assume responsibility for the judgments made that impact each one of us every day.
It's a short but good read. Worth the time. Worth remembering!
545 vs. 300,000,000
EVERY CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE. READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE.
Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.
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.
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RealClearPolitics - The Consequences of Not Letting Greece Go Broke
RealClearPolitics - The Consequences of Not Letting Greece Go Broke
Via @SkuterP and @andilinks on Twitter.
Via @SkuterP and @andilinks on Twitter.
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[The Road to Serfdom] - C-SPAN Video Library
[The Road to Serfdom] - C-SPAN Video Library
Via @amandacarpenter on Twitter.
A great video interview with Milton Friedman.
Via @amandacarpenter on Twitter.
A great video interview with Milton Friedman.
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http://blogs.investors.com/capitalhill/index.php/home/35-politics/1490-sun-sets-on-global-warming
Sun Sets on Global Warming?
http://blogs.investors.com/capitalhill/index.php/home/35-politics/1490-sun-sets-on-global-warming
Via @southsalem on Twitter.
http://blogs.investors.com/capitalhill/index.php/home/35-politics/1490-sun-sets-on-global-warming
Via @southsalem on Twitter.
Friday, March 5, 2010
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/instapundit/main/~3/d2RRAgB_ZIQ/
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/instapundit/main/~3/d2RRAgB_ZIQ/
Victor Davis Hanson via @greenbacker on Twitter.
Victor Davis Hanson via @greenbacker on Twitter.
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Political Blogs, Conservative Blogging, The Politics Blogspot: Townhall.com
Political Blogs, Conservative Blogging, The Politics Blogspot: Townhall.com
Please follow link, then scroll down and watch Florida Senatorial Candidate Marco Rubio speak at CPAC. I would call it a treatise on American Exceptionalism.
Please follow link, then scroll down and watch Florida Senatorial Candidate Marco Rubio speak at CPAC. I would call it a treatise on American Exceptionalism.
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http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2010/02/12/mandatory-“vegan-mondays”/
http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2010/02/12/mandatory-“vegan-mondays”/
Parts of MA haven't changed at all!
Via @greenbacker on Twitter
Parts of MA haven't changed at all!
Via @greenbacker on Twitter
Charles Krauthammer - Closing the new frontier - washingtonpost.com
Charles Krauthammer - Closing the new frontier - washingtonpost.com
Another opinion from Dr. Krauthammer.
Another opinion from Dr. Krauthammer.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Feds push for tracking cell phones | Politics and Law - CNET News
Feds push for tracking cell phones | Politics and Law - CNET News
Via Rush In A Hurry Show Notes 02/11/09
Via Rush In A Hurry Show Notes 02/11/09
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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The McConnell Plan | The Weekly Standard
The McConnell Plan | The Weekly Standard
Mitch McConnell's Plan for the economy.
via @FredBarnes on Twitter
Mitch McConnell's Plan for the economy.
via @FredBarnes on Twitter
Monday, February 8, 2010
Congressman Paul Ryan's Roadmap
Ryan's Roadmap - HUMAN EVENTS
Paul Ryan's budget roadmap could save America. Please read.
This post via @katyinindy on Twitter
Paul Ryan's budget roadmap could save America. Please read.
This post via @katyinindy on Twitter
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Happy 99th Birthday President Reagan
Today is President Ronald Reagan's 99th birthday. To me, he was the best President in my lifetime. Post on one of his greatest speeches to follow.
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Obama's Guantanamo obsession
For all the tweeps out there, Happy Follow Friday!
Another great column from Charles Krauthammer in today's Washington Post.
Have a wonderful weekend! :-)
Another great column from Charles Krauthammer in today's Washington Post.
Have a wonderful weekend! :-)
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Please!!!
The following commentary from the Washington Post is an excellent example of one of the problems in our country. It concerns Sen. Dodd's (D,CT) announcement that he will not seek re-election.
Have a great day!
Have a great day!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Scooter46's Blog
This is my first blog post ever. Don't know where this is going (do we ever?) but anyway, here goes:
I'd like to dedicate this blog to Dr. Charles Krauthammer, one of the people I most respect.
Here's his latest opinion piece for the Washington Post.
Happy New Year and let's get involved and participate in our country's future.
I'd like to dedicate this blog to Dr. Charles Krauthammer, one of the people I most respect.
Here's his latest opinion piece for the Washington Post.
Happy New Year and let's get involved and participate in our country's future.
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