Monday, August 8, 2011 Charley Reese’s final column for the Orlando Sentinel 545 vs. 300,000,000 People (The Orlando Sentinel has given the American Enterprise Party rights to reprint Charley’s viral article.) An Ode to the American Taxpayer by Charley Reese
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. One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings 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 Taxes to pass 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, It’s time to apply The inheritance tax.
The middle-class pays 95 percent of the taxes, not the elite or wealthy, as we are led to believe. Not the Big Media, Big Box and Big Technology corporations . . . following are the taxes enterprising:
Americans pays what Big Brother government squanders: 1. Accounts receivable tax, 2. Building permit tax, 3. CDL license tax, 4. Cigarette tax, 5. Corporate income tax, 6. Dog license tax, 7. Excise taxes, 8. Federal income tax, 9. Federal unemployment tax (FUTA), 10. Fishing license tax, 11. Food license tax, 12. Fuel permit tax, 13. Gasoline tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon), 14. Gross receipts tax, 15. Hunting license tax, 16. Inheritance tax, 17. Inventory tax 18. IRS interest charges, IRS penalties (tax on top of tax,) 19. Liquor tax, 20. Luxury taxes, The American Enterprise Party Volume II: American Enterprise Manifesto 420 21. Marriage license tax, 22. Medicare tax, 23. Personal property tax, 24. Property tax, 25. Real estate tax, 26. Service charge tax, 27. Social Security tax, 28. Road usage tax, 29. Recreational vehicle tax 30. Sales tax, 31. School tax, 32. State income tax, 33. State unemployment tax (Suta), 34. Telephone federal excise tax, 35. Telephone federal universal service fee tax, 36. Telephone federal, state and local surcharge taxes, 37. Telephone minimum usage surcharge tax, 38. Telephone recurring and nonrecurring charges tax, 39. Telephone state and local tax, 40. Telephone usage charge tax, 41. Utility taxes, 42. Vehicle license registration tax, 43. Vehicle sales tax, 44. Watercraft registration tax, 45. Well permit tax, 46. 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 heck happened? Can you spell “politicians”? I hope this goes around the USA at least 545 times! You can help it get there! (Charlie Reese’s article did resonate around the world and became one of the most read, in history). This ends Charley Reese’s final column for the Orlando Sentinel and begins the American Enterprise campaign for equal representation and/or voting power to not just create problems but prevent them or solve them.
