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« on: April 05, 2011, 08:49:25 PM » |
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You may have seen this before.....but the tax list at the end is amazing but
true.
> This was sent to me by an email pal. It would be very funny if it wasn't so
>true. You may laugh a little and maybe shed a few tears, but you will certainly
>shake your head.
>
>
> I remember having many discussions with people over the years about taxes and I
>would always say: I know we need taxes but why do they tax pay, then when I go
>to buy gas I'm taxed for that, and at the grocery store we are taxed on any
>non-food items, and the list goes on and on and on, ... as you will see below.
>
>
> It was really a great, last article from Charlie.
>
> This is Charley Reese's Final Column Charley Reese has been a journalist for
>the OrlandoSentinel for 49 years.
>
>
> Charley Reese is retiring. His last column is this one. Many folks will miss
>this southern gentleman. He had a great run and we are all better off for it.
>
>
> Farewell, Mr. Reese, and thank you.
>
>
> Be sure to read the Tax List at the end.
>
>
> 555 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 555 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 555 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 was the speaker of
> the House? Nancy Pelosi.
> She was 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 555 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 555 people. When you
> fully grasp the plain truth that 555 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 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.
>
> There are no insoluble government problems.
>
> Do not let these 555 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 555 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!
>
> 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 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 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
>
>
> 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 555 times!!! YOU can help it get
>there!!!
>
>
> GO AHEAD - - - BE AN AMERICAN!!!
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