Monday, August 8, 2011 Charley Reese’s final column for the Orlando Sentinel 545 vs. 330,000,000 People (The Orlando Sentinel has given the American Enterprise Party rights to reprint Charley’s viral article.) 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 330 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 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. The American Enterprise Party Volume II: American Enterprise Manifesto 416 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 Biden 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 and marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan. • 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
Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees. We should vote all of them out of office not reelect 90% of them and clean up their mess. 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 true. Be sure to read all the way to the end.
