Such as being an anti-Semite?
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Posted on 03/31/2008 8:05:54 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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-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? 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 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!
Especially since polls indicate that most folks think Washington is full of crooks and scoundrels -- but THEIR guy is doing a GREAT JOB!
Yeah RIGHT!!!
This is a great piece.
They would never get elected, if they ran on the truth of their actions.
Senators- Roger Wicker, who replaced Trent Lott (Ole Miss Pom Pom Boy).
Thad Cochran-my father in law went to school with his little brother. But, nevermind, he should get the boot.
Benny "House Servant for the Liberal Plantation" Thompson-If you were to take his district away from the State of Mississippi, Mississippi would move from 50th in every positive category (income, education, for examples) and 1st in every negative category (teen pregnancies for example) to around 20-30th in everything.
Gene Taylor-made his career being the so-called "conservative Democrat". does that because his district includes Ingalls Shipbuilding and Keesler AFB. If his true Democrat colors were to ever show, he'd be thrown out of office in 2 seconds.
Chip Pickering-Good guy. No coincidence that he's leaving office. One of the few politicians who truly puts his family first. Quitting because he has 8 kids and doesn't want to miss raising them.
This will get pulled. CR is not liked on FR for various reasons. :(
THE 545 PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR AMERICA'S WOES
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When you are done with your crystal ball, may I borrow it for a few minutes?
Actually I misspoke. Charley isn’t an anti-Semite, he’s a Jew hater.
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them
This one statement says it all,proof that America has to many stupid people who vote we should go back to the old voting laws only land owners can vote.
Perhaps, but even a stopped clock gets it right twice a day.
Carolyn
This column is still valid, though, regardless of how he feels about Jews.
carolyn
Does he hate Jews, Arabs, or others? Which Semites?
I read his syndicated column in a small local newspaper. This senile old loon is politically deranged....and I need not go through his whole gamut here (anti-Bush, anti-capitalism, anti-war, yadda yadda).
He's "retired" in Florida, but like a buttboil, he just won't go away.....and local papers here and there still carry his lunatic ravings. I have a hunch it's solely because he's cheaper to carry than first-class syndicated columnists.
Leni
About your tag line
The first part remain true but I begin to wonder about the second part
Carolyn
Ping
This is a really great piece that stands on it’s own feet, regardless of who it came from — and absolutely true.
The author only missed one point — that WE vote all these people into office, so ultimately WE are responsible for minding them or suffering the consequences.
Dick,
Thaks for posting this op-ed. It needs wide distribution, even more so now that Congress’ inaction has led us to $4.00+ gasoline.
We all need to work together to throw the rascals out!
FReegards,
FRank
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