For my American Friends....and those who care.

I got his and wanted to pass IT on....


ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T BELIEVE
THIS, NEEDS TO MOVE TO ANOTHER
COUNTRY!!!!

545 people vs. 300 million
people ... This is about as
clear and easy to understand
as it can be - read it!!
The article below is
completely neutral ...not anti
republican or democrat.

Charlie Reese, a retired
reporter for the
Orlando Sentinel has hit the
nail directly on the head,
defining clearly who it is
that in the final analysis
must assume responsibility
for the judgments made that
impact each one of us every
day.

It's a short but good read
that was originally penned in
the days of Tip O’Neil. The
author has updated it with
contemporary
references. Worth the
time. Worth remembering!



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...


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.
This might be funny if it
weren't so darned true.
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 Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Sales Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal
Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and
Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage
Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring
and Nonrecurring 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
Watch out..soon to be wipe
your butt tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed
100 years ago, & 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?'

I hope this goes around THE
USA at least 100 times!!! YOU
can help it get there!!!
GO AHEAD - - - BE
AN AMERICAN!!!

Nothing could be more true than this, Chahlie

It's the status quo and be it Democrat or Republican their only intention is to maintain that status quo.

Maybe the time is coming for another revolution by the people. Government is so corrupt that the only thing that can be done is start all over again.

The whole two party system is designed to keep the people of this nation divided. They do that by keeping us arguing along party lines. It's easier to control a divided people. Today the whole job of the media is to keep us stupid and blind.

Thanks for posting this. I intend to pass it along.

Love, Connie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiJCu6U7LFk

The Venus Project, as mentioned in Zeitgeist Addendum.


http://www.thevenusproject.com/

FAQ
http://www.thevenusproject.com/the-venus-project-introduction/faq

Thank you, Chahlie for posting this article. How true it is. How sad it is to know and realeyes that our present and past administrations do not have the best interest of the people at heart.

What would happen if several million of the self employed, working people of this country, filed our taxes, but refused to pay what was due. It is our very hard earned money ( especially in this economy )that they are misappropriating and wasting. (I will not go into my waste tirade, at this moment, but I do have one.lol)

It is time to revolt again, but not as children, like the last time in the 1970's. I for one work wayyyyy too hard, at my own business to give my earnings away for the Gov't to waste on 545 ppls drivel and hype.Millions of dollars in grants go to studying the eating pattens of barn spiders, billions of dollars to bail out banks who are irresponsible lenders. Billions of dollars to bail out corporations whose CEO's make 20 million dollars a year, and have not taken a pay cut, yet have fired 30% of their employees, whaaaattttt?

I was recently in Italy, as an American I was humiliated to watch their News programs. They portray Americans as blithering idiots. We are. We are Allowing 545 lying, selfish people to make the decisions for the welfare of OUR COUNTRY. Those elected officials have never stopped lying to us. Even those we have voted for.

Yet we write those checks to the IRS like zombies. If we pay, we support them in their lies. If we dont pay we go to jail. If five million of us organize and refuse to pay them for a job, never done. Then what would happen? I am willing to find out, but alas one lone protestor, DOES NOTHING.

HMMMMM... I wondered if I could send a bill to a client of mine for "Services Not Rendered ". That is what the US is doings to us.

The system is so sick, that i believe that it must break beyond repair, before we will see any permanent restructuring. We have interesting times in front of us indeed. Middle Agers Revolt !