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4/30/2008 6:47:10 PMRe-Elect Nobody, we're b*tching and elected officials are the problem 

knightnyte2
Spring, TX
age: 55 online now!

Worthy of your time and attention … regardless of your Party Affiliation

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 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.

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-pickin' 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?

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 cannot 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 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.

peace... don't be hatin'

4/30/2008 6:53:34 PMRe-Elect Nobody, we're b*tching and elected officials are the problem 

bubbadt
Kennedy, NY
age: 66

good post.
I would like to see a change in the
way candidates are selected.
it would make more sense to have
everyday working class submit a party
candidate.
the system now is suppose to protect the people
and does nothing for the people.
Take care

4/30/2008 6:56:41 PMRe-Elect Nobody, we're b*tching and elected officials are the problem 

tlc4u46
Santa Barbara, CA
age: 47

Kinda like voting for Prom King and Queen



4/30/2008 6:58:29 PMRe-Elect Nobody, we're b*tching and elected officials are the problem 

onelife2live
Janesville, WI
age: 43 online now!

Thanks Knight...you made my venting unecassary........

4/30/2008 6:58:42 PMRe-Elect Nobody, we're b*tching and elected officials are the problem 

justme86
Waco, TX
age: 21

WOW Knight! Someone who actually understands! Kudos to you.

4/30/2008 7:19:31 PMRe-Elect Nobody, we're b*tching and elected officials are the problem 

knightnyte2
Spring, TX
age: 55 online now!

it wasnt me, but someone's words, I simply got off the net. Certainly, I share his opinion. I've often made comments like this, but this guy really summed it up for us.

the only other comment i would share is about the way these criminals are elected. There Public Relations people spin so many tales to us and most simply forgot what the initial problem or question was. How is it that someone can spend $400,000,000 up, to get a $425,000/year job? We all know, they do not have that man rich friends, so its those expecting paybacks who contribute. Donate $50k and get a million dollar contract back. lifelong friends get dumped from candidates because their PR people say the bud is not someone you should be seen with, anymore, well, until after you get elected. Its a game they play against us. The problem is, we have to pay for their games.



peace... don't be hatin'

4/30/2008 7:25:44 PMRe-Elect Nobody, we're b*tching and elected officials are the problem 

theothergman
Michigan, ND
age: 47

I'll vote for tlc. That's all I'm going to say. It's my story and I'm sticking to it.

5/1/2008 6:02:11 AMRe-Elect Nobody, we're b*tching and elected officials are the problem 

100percentme
Portsmouth, NH
age: 45

I'm voting for Mickey Mouse this year.He dances,sings and is beloved around the world.

5/1/2008 7:30:23 AMRe-Elect Nobody, we're b*tching and elected officials are the problem 

theothergman
Michigan, ND
age: 47

Can you say TERM LIMITS???

5/1/2008 5:57:38 PMRe-Elect Nobody, we're b*tching and elected officials are the problem 

krzyzowski
Poway, CA
age: 23

I agree with the first post entirely. They say Congress is a "representative body of the people," when all it is, is a big talking shop with big business hiding behind the green curtain. Take for example Hillary Clinton...she and bill made over $100 million in the last 7 years, putting them, not at the top 1% of the richest in the nation, but the top .01%. Bill Clinton made more money in one speech for Goldman & Sachs than he did in one year of the presidency. Its not hard to see where the interests of these people really lye and its the same way with all our elected officials.

Just puppets of the rich minority of the nation

5/4/2008 7:29:42 PMRe-Elect Nobody, we're b*tching and elected officials are the problem 

edawg2
Knoxville, TN
age: 59

Makes sense! Add one more for the executive branch, even tho he's not directly elected and the invisible strings lead behind the curtain where the guy says "ignore the man behind the curtain." Democracy has to have elections to legitimize themselves otherwise they couldn't claim to represent the people. I think most people who don't vote are actually voting "none of the above"