[W126 Coupe] Fw: Uncomfortable, if you care about the United States read this.

[David King]

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From: Gordon Hyde 
To: Janice Anglin 
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 8:55 AM
Subject: Fwd: Uncomfortable, if you care about the United States read this.






            *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.
        > 
        > What you do with this  article now that you have read it........... Is up to
        >  you.
        > 
        >      Accounts  Receivable Tax
        >      Building  Permit Tax
        >      CDL license  Tax
        >      Cigarette  Tax
        >      Corporate Income  Tax
        >      Dog License  Tax
        >      Excise  Taxes
        >      Federal  Income Tax
        >      Federal  Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
        >      Fishing License  Tax
        >      Food License  Tax
        >      Fuel Permit  Tax
        >      Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents  per gallon)
        >      Gross Receipts  Tax
        >      Hunting License  Tax
        >      Inheritance  Tax
        >      Inventory  Tax
        >      IRS Interest Charges IRS  Penalties (tax on top of  tax)
        >      Liquor  Tax
        >      Luxury  Taxes
        >      Marriage License  Tax
        >      Medicare  Tax
        >      Personal Property  Tax
        >      Property  Tax
        >      Real Estate Tax
        >       Service Charge T  ax
        >      Social Security  Tax
        >      Road Usage  Tax
        >      Sales  Tax
        >      Recreational Vehicle  Tax
        >      School  Tax
        >      State Income  Tax
        >      State Unemployment Tax  (SUTA)
        >      Telephone Federal  Excise Tax
        >      Telephone  Federal Universal Ser vice FeeTax
        >       Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge  Taxes
        >      Telephone Minimum Usage  Surcharge=2 0Tax
        >      Telephone Recurring and  Non-recurring Charges Tax
        >       Telephone   State and Local Tax
        >      Telephone Usage  Charge Tax
        >      Utility  Taxes
        >      Vehicle License Registration  Tax
        >      Vehicle Sales  Tax
        >      Watercraft Registration  Tax
        >      Well Permit  Tax
        >      Workers Compensation  Tax
        > 
        >  THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of  these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our
        > nation was the  most prosperous in the world.  We had absolutely no national
        >  debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to
        >  raise the kids.
        > What in the ____ happened? Can you spell  'politicians?'
        > And I still have to 'press 1' for  English!?
        > 
        > I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100  times!!!  YOU can help it get
        >  there!!!
        >      GO AHEAD - - - BE AN  AMERICAN!!!*
        > 
        > 
        > 
        > 
        > 
        > 
        > 
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