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THE 545 PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR AMERICA'S WOES
By Charley Reese
By Charley Reese
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems
and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered why,
if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits,
we have deficits? Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians
are against inflation and high taxes, 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.
(FACT! The fed is an illegal act by the government. The constitution
stated that our money would never be in the hands of a private
company, yet it is!)
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-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.
A CONFIDENCE CONSPIRACY
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 G.W. BUSH 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? She is the leader of the majority
party. She and fellow Democrats, not the president, can approve any
budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his
veto.
REPLACE THE SCOUNDRELS
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 can't think of a single domestic problem, from an unfair tax code
to defense overruns, that is not traceable directly to those 545 people.
When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise power
of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what
they want to exist.
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 Marines are in
IRAQ, it's because they want them in IRAQ.
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 exist
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
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.
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Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years, reporting on
everything from sports to politics. From 1969-71, he worked as a
campaign staffer for gubernatorial, senatorial and congressional races
in several states. He was an editor, assistant to the publisher, and
columnist for the Orlando Sentinel from 1971 to 2001. He now writes
a syndicated column. Reese served two years active duty in the U.S.
Army as a tank gunner.
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