· 8 years ago · Dec 04, 2017, 05:00 PM
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8A very interesting column.. Be sure to Read the Poem at the end.
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10 Charley Reese's final column for the Orlando Sentinel...He has been a
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12 journalist for 49 years.
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14 He is retiring and this is HIS LAST COLUMN.
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16 Be sure to read the Tax List at the end.
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18This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be. The
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20article below is completely neutral, neither anti-republican or democrat.
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22Charley Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando Sentinel, has hit the nail
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24 directly on the head, defining clearly who it is that in the final
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26analisys must assume responsibility for the judgments made that impact each
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28one of us every day. It's a short but good read. Worth the time. Worth
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30remembering!
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32 545 vs. 300,000,000 People -By Charley Reese
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37 Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems
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39and then campaign against them.
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44 Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are
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46 against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
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48 Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against
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50inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
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55 You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
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57You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on
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59appropriations .The House of Representatives does.
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61You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
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66 You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
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71 You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank
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75 One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine
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77Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are
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79directly legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic
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81problems that plague this country.
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83I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that
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85problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its
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87Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private central bank.
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89 I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound
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93They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a
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95congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't
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97care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician
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99has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises,
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101it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
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103 Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you
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105that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con
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107regardless of party
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109 What separates a politician from a normal human being is an
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111excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker,
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113who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.
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115 The Presiden can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
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121 The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole
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125approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House?
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132 He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members,
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134 not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President
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136vetoes it they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
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142 It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot
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144replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and
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151. I can't think of a single domestic problem that
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153is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the
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155plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then
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157it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
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159 If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
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161 If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
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163 If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they
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165want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ...
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170 If they do not receive social security but are on an elite
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172 retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
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177 There are no insoluble government problems.
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179Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom
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181they hire and whose jobs they can abolish;
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191To regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power.
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196 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.
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202 Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
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204 They, and they alone, have the power.
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215 Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees...
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217 We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
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223 Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel
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227 What you do with this article now that you have read it... is up to
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235 This might be funny if it weren't so true.
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237 Be sure to read all the way to the end:
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239 Tax his land,
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245 At which he's fed.
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249 Tax his mule,
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251 Teach him taxes
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253 Are the rule.
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259 He works for
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261 peanuts anyway!
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285 Tax him if he
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289 Tax his cigars,
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293 If he cries
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295 Tax his tears..
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297 Tax his car,
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301 Find other ways
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305 Tax all he has
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307 Then let him know
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315 When he screams and hollers;
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321 He's good and sore.
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323 Then tax his coffin,
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329 Which he's laid.
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333 Upon his tomb,
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335 'Taxes drove me
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337 to my doom...'
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339 When he's gone,
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341 Do not relax,
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343 Its time to apply
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345 The inheritance tax
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365 Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
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373 Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
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379 Inheritance Tax
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383 IRS Interest Charges IRS Penaltie (tax on top of tax)
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385 Liquor Tax
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413 State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
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415 Telephone Federal Excise Tax
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417 Telephone Federal Universal Service FeeTax
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419 Telephone Federal, State and Local Subcharge Taxes
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421 Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
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423 Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Taxes
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441STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
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443 Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the
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445most prosperous in the world.
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447 We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in
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449the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
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451 What in the heck happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'
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457 I hope this goes around THE USA at least 545 times!!! YOU can help
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460 GO AHEAD. . . BE AN ... AMERICAN !!!!!