- Re:who cares about Denver? - Wolfeboro Community Forums

Just read that almost 11 million watched Howie on Deal or No Deal but the "deal" in Denver drew less than five million viewers last night. I thought Howie was pretty good. This email is floating around, sort of sums things up:


RE-ELECT NOBODY!
Worthy of your time and attention regardless of your Party Affiliation

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 why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered why, 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 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-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 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? 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

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.}

That's what I want to do, vote them all out of office. If we have any hope for change that is what we need to do.

Why is it that every four years, all the candidates for President say they want to give Government back to the people? I can't figure it out, they screw it up, and then they want to give it back to us.

My financial portfolio is shrinking daily, my house has lost considerable value, the energy crisis is taking more of my money, health insurance is sky high (if you can get it), medicine prices keep going up, State and local governments are doing less and less for us, but, they want more and more.

Then the President leaves office and becomes an instant Billionaire and we have to keep struggling to make ends meet.

We need to hold all government office holders accountable for the mess that we are in. They should not be allowed to make billions from writing books or giving speeches unless this country is better off then when they took office. If they profit from being in office, then they should give it back to the American people.

Amen. Every time we have to vote for the lesser of two evils, not only in the presidential race but in the Congressional races.

So OC, Who of these 545 people run wolfeboro?

well Snappy it was an obtuse analogy but the same sort of mess is here at the micro level (town) as it is at the macro level (federal) and certainly the inbetween level (State). So each voter, from my perspective can just add numbers to this email to account for 400 state reps, the exec council, governor, and the BOS.
As Tis wisely commented, it is darn discouraging, be it for a selectman or the President of the US, to continue to choose the "lesser of two evils".

I have been reading about Robert Laurence "Bob" Barr, Jr. and I am impressed.
If anyone can fix out government and then give it back to the people, this man can.
The Libertarian Party strives for smaller government, lower taxes and abundant individual freedom.
Now I have to read more about how Barr fits into their beliefs.

I like him a lot too, wolf.

I started to like him when he was leading the Clinton impeachment thing. I was really impressed with his thoughts, ideas and professionalism.

That's a really old email. I'm fairly certain there are 545 people if you count all the Senators and Congressmen.

snappy wrote:

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So OC, Who of these 545 people run wolfeboro?

Good question.

I liked Bob Barr before his ego went "Populist". ("For-The-People" rhetoric, like moose and chipmunks vote? ). He's another Pat Buchanon gone Supreme Ego-Trip.

I hope to view this video on another computer today (with speakers), which will show how we're better off with the "Devil you know" than the "Devil you don't know".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nA1MwOE86U