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THE 545 PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF AMERICA'S WOES
BY CHARLEY REESE
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then
campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are
against deficits, we have deficits? Have you ever wondered why, if all
the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, 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 - 545 human beings out of the 235 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 but 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 legislation's
responsibility to determine how he votes.
A CONFIDENCE CONSPIRACY
Don't you see how the con game that is played on the people by the
politicians? 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 Tip O'Neill,
who stood up and criticized Ronald Reagan 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
appropriations and taxes.
O'neill is the speaker of the House. He is the leader of the majority
party. He and his fellow Democrats, not the president, can approve any
budget they want. If the president vetos it, they can pass it over his
veto.
REPLACE SCOUNDRELS
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 235 million cannot replace
545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts - of incompetence and
irresponsibility.
I can't think of a single domestic problem, from an unfair tax code to
defense overruns, that is not traceable directly to those 545
people.
When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise 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
Marines are in Lebanon, it's because they want them in Lebanon.
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 it.
Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exist
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 they have the gumption to manage their
own employees.
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