| | I've sanctioned Robert.... but doesn't your heart go out to all those poor, poor members of congress who are regularly tackled, and held down while evil corporate fat-cats stuff money in the hapless representatives' pockets and threatening to cut out the eyes of their children if they don't vote the right way... or worse, to cut off their campaign funds.
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> 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?
> NancyPelosi. 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 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 insolvable 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. 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!
>
>
>
>Written by Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
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If those slimes of wall street (or the union bosses, or the lobbyists) don't have willing and eager crooks in Washington to bribe, not one dollar goes the wrong way and all non-governmental organizations have to get their money the old-fashioned way - voluntary exchanges between private citizens. That would leave a lot of lobbyists, lawyers, bureaucrats, and government cronies out trying to figure out how to make an honest living.
Former lobbyist asks new employer, "What do I do next?" and is told, "When the little bell goes off, you pull the basket of fries out of the oil and let it drain. And make sure you are always wearing your McDonalds' hat and smiling."
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