I received this in an email and the truth of it makes me wanna PUKE!!!!


            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-pickingthing.  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.

            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 darned 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, 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 T ax
                        Social Security Tax
                        Road Usage Tax
                        Sales Tax
                        Recreational Vehicle Tax
                        School Tax
                        State Income Tax
                        State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
                        Telephone Federal Excise Tax
                        Telephone Federal Universal Ser vice FeeTax
                        Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge
                        Taxes
                        Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge
                        Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring 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, 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 hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'
            And I still have to 'press 1' for English!?

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