Milk Toast Republicanism

If anyone had any doubts whatsoever that the Republican Party has lost its way and is no longer a true friend to the core conservative values of individual liberty and limited government, those doubts should be put firmly to rest considering the current debate in Washington over the proposal for socialized health care coming out of the far left. It is no wonder that conservatives, people who actually believe in the Constitution, are upset with Republicans who time and again run out to stand before the cameras and at Tea Parties to proudly proclaim how much they understand us and that they will stand with us only to stab us in the back with the longest and sharpest knives they can find on any given day once the crowds have dispersed.

For history’s sake, because history is important, let us roll back the clock to the 1990’s and the Clinton Administration. With the Republicans in charge of Congress, and swept in on a wave of desire for fiscal discipline, there were calls for cuts in the rates of growth for government welfare programs. Not actual cuts mind you, which of course showed them as not really Constitutionalists concerned for the liberty of Americans, but just cuts in the increases from year to year of tax payer money handed to those these slimy politicians were trying to buy votes from.

And Republicans were excoriated by the leaders of the left as well as their minions for such talk. Oh the wails and the complaints were nearly deafening as those with their grubby little hands in the cookie jar felt threatened that they might actually have to take responsibility for their own welfare after being whipped into a frenzy by the hard core socialists within our government.

Now let us fast forward to the modern day. It is a day of strife caused by rampant spending where the economy has suffered because the left, and aided by moderates who cannot decide which side of the fence to land on, refused to understand how spending money government did not have for people to buy goods they could not afford (such as houses) was a bad idea. It is a day where we are living in the aftermath of government compassion where they leveraged every unconstitutional law passed over decades to force banks to lend to the unworthy. It is also a day where the left wants to once again repeat the same mistakes of the past as they try and push socialized medicine upon the American people thinking that this time is the time that they can make the case for it considering the suffering they have succeeded in causing. And baring that, well, they plan on passing it anyway even if they cannot convince Americans that what is not good for them is really good for them.

However fiscal reality is catching up to the left and they seem to realize this, which is astonishing in and of itself. With deficits as far as the eyes can see and more on the way, they are realizing that the only hope they have of not being drummed out of Washington on the points of pitchforks and then burned with torches next year is to play tricks with the American people. Their latest trick, worthy of the proponents of man made Global Warming, is that they are proclaiming that their latest unconstitutional spending plan will be paid for with cuts in other unconstitutional programs.

In other words, we will have the same amount of unconstitutional spending just now in different places. They propose to cut waste, fraud and abuse in one place and bring us waste, fraud and abuse elsewhere.

Enter the milk toast Republicans. They raise a stink excoriating the left for trying to cut unconstitutional spending in programs like Medicare. The left, which once supported higher rates of growth, now however has gone back to the well and reworked their claims. Now they are trying to calm cries of outrage against them by senior citizens and others seeing that they want to raid this and other programs to pay for new ones by saying that the cuts really are not cuts but just cuts in the rate of growth and will be mostly made by eliminating the aforementioned waste, fraud and abuse. Yep, a complete turn around from the 90’s for both sides as they both try to triangulate how to gain support and either pass or defeat the plan.

You expect this sort of stuff from the political far left because they have always been about their own power and will give a group just enough slop from the public trough to earn their support until that support is no longer needed. Then they throw these same poor souls under the bus in favor of someone else. Usually a bigger and more influential special interest group.

But this sort of diabolical act from the Republicans? Well, it is no surprise if you read my columns every week! The fact that many so-called Republicans have gone from seeking cuts in the rate of growth of unconstitutional spending to defending the unconscionable increases and the status quo on unconstitutional spending might shock you if you have had you head under a rock lately. But not me as RINOs with their own vision of a soft-socialist economy and political structure with themselves at the head continue to infest the party lead by RINO in Chief Senator John McCain and his lieutenants.

For all the tough talk coming out of the Republican Party lately, they are still letting the RINOs, the milkiest of milk toast Republicans, run the show because the party is too damn scared of what would happen if they actually stood up and supported the proposed cuts, albeit for different reasons, than the far left. The far left wants to pay for a new unconstitutional program and pay off a whole new special interest group with the “savings.” The Republicans want to continue to pay off senior citizens by maintaining the status quo.

Of course all these poor, coddled souls in Washington D.C. living the high life have put themselves in this position with no easy way out. Americans too, especially seniors, have done the same. For decades politicians have defended unconstitutional programs growing far too fast and paying out far too much in benefits in order to help their reelection chances. Yes, even Republicans. Over those same decades, the poor, seniors, and other special interest groups have all allowed themselves to become depended on that government check each and every month believing that there was no way in Hell the federal government would ever run out of money.

And while conservatives have screamed about ourselves and our children and our children’s children being sold into slavery to pay off these debts the milk toast Republicans have kept attaching their names to nearly every bill the left threw in front of them that expanded the federal government beyond its constitutional bounds. And if they did not do so when the bill was first passed they refused to end it when they themselves were in power proving their culpability as accomplices.

Thanks guys and gals. You have done a bang up job handing America to the same people that destroyed so many nations over the past century. How about taking an extended leave of absence and a permanent vacation and letting the grownups drive for a while?

I beg to differ about the Seniors in this country.....because I know many and am one myself. Seniors are fast reaching the point of understanding that it is the younger generation that must pick up the ball and run with it. Seniors can’t do it by themselves and, as usual, Seniors are just old folk and don’t know anything about today. The younger generation feels, it seems, that we are just in the way and don’t understand todays world. They are sadly mistaken because we know the Constitution better than they could ever hope to.

I think that if the Seniors start seeing things turning around, they will join in and help. Until then, they will vote the way they were taught by their parents and hope others will do the same. I guess I look at things in a little bit of a selfish manner. I looked at my parents, when they were alive. They lived a good life, worked hard, payed their taxes, raised their kids in a Christian manner, served their country and supported the rights of others to raise their kids in the fashion that they wanted. When they reached my age, they continued to vote and expected me and those my age to carry the ball from now on. They were too old to continue on the fight and worry the rest of their lives about the bad stuff. I’m reaching that point also. I am slowly backing out of politics. I worry about my country, that’s for sure but now I must rely on others.

It’s the same with my horses. I’m gettin to old to ride like I use to. It’s time to turn them over to the younger ones and hope the best for them. I use to build hotrods but I’m gettin to old to crawl under them and work on them any more. Time to turn them over to the next generation. So don’t blame the Senior to much. You see, we have done all we can in our younger days. Our hearts still burn for this country of ours but our bones just can’t take the pain any longer. We hope the younger ones will pick up the ball and run with it. We still tear up when we see our Flag in a parade, when our military gets injured, when our kids take the wrong road.......you can always count on us but don’t put it all on us.....time for you to take the responsibility now.

545 People by Charlie Reese

Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years. Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.

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.

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 equate 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 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 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!

This might be funny if it weren’t so darned true. Be sure to read all the way to the end:

Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he’s fed.

Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.

Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!

Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.

Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.

Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.

Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won’t be done
Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He’s good and sore.

Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he’s laid.

Put these words
Upon his tomb,
Taxes drove me
to my doom.

When he’s gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.

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 Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
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 Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge = 20 Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

STILL 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 hell happened? Can you spell ‘politicians?’
And I still have to ‘press 1’ for English!?
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And .. THIS IS THE KEY SENTENCE WE NEED TO REALIZE:
“... we had the largest middle class in the world ...”

THIS ATTACK IS AGAINST THE MIDDLE CLASS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT HAVE TYRANNY UNTIL YOU DESTROY THE MIDDLE CLASS.

We better figure this out or we’re in deep trouble.

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