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 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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