"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."

He wrote a similar article in 1983, listing 546 people, including the Vice President in that version.

This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be please read the entire article. The article below is completely neutral, not anti republican or democrat..

Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando Sentinel has hit the nail directly on the head, defining clearly who it is that in the final analysis must assume responsibility for the judgments made that impact each one of us every day.

It is long but good read. Worth the time. Worth remembering!
545 vs. 300,000,000

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-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? 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 cannot 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 unsolvable 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!

What you do with this article now that you have read it… Is up to you.

Sales Tax
School Tax
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Excise Taxes
Property Tax
Cigarette Tax
Medicare Tax
Inventory Tax
Real Estate Tax
Well Permit Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Inheritance Tax
Road Usage Tax
CDL license Tax
Dog License Tax
State Income Tax
Food License Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Gross Receipts Tax
Social Security Tax
Service Charge Tax
Fishing License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Building Permit Tax
IRS Interest Charges
Hunting License Tax
Marriage License Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Personal Property Tax
Accounts Receivable Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Utility Taxes Vehicle License Registration Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax

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 100 times!!!
YOU can help it get there!!!
GO AHEAD – - – BE AN AMERICAN!!!

I watched as nearly 3,000 human beings died a violent and terrible death in the towering infernos. I have watched the dust caked tears of volunteers dig with their bare hands in the wreckage until their hands were but a bloody pulp. I have watched as brothers and sisters of many nationalities and faiths came together to search for survivors and mourn the loss of loved ones and friends on that horrible day.

I have watched as a steady army of illegal aliens have moved rapidly across our south western borders, murdering American citizens in their haste to gain access to prosperity and the ‘free life’ while big government threatened and harassed anyone who tried to take any action to protect their homeland. Silly ninnies. Read your constitutional law. Only one court in the entire United States of America has the authority to challenge the rulings of any state on maters of state and that is the Supreme Court. No other.

And now the greatest test to date. They are arguing over the constitutional rights and the religious rights of the Muslims to build their mosque near ground zero. They argue of the rights of a businessman to utilize his property in any manner that he wants within the law (but citizens of Arizona are not extended the same freedoms). Take all of the federal law out of the equation. Take all of the religion out of the equation. Take all of the different opinions out of the equation. You are left with just one point of contention. To build the new Muslin mosque/civic center anywhere near the site of the 9/11 disaster is just plain INSENSITIVE. Go to Merriam-Webster.com and you will find this written as the preferred definition of insensitivity:

1 a : not responsive or susceptible <insensitive to the demands of the public> b : lacking feeling or tact <so insensitive as to laugh at someone in pain>

The president and Mayor Bloomberg and all of their NY Supporters on the mosque project are just plain insensitive. They are totally insensitive to the demands of the public. They totally lack feeling or tact. They are in effect so insensitive as to laugh at the pain of those who died in the 9/11 disaster and their surviving family and friends. They are so insensitive as to apologize to foreign leaders for the pain of those Americans who died during WWII trying to liberate Europe from a threat greater than the world had ever known…Hitler.

Mr. President and Mr. Bloomberg I must say this to you; I did not vote for either of you for my own personal reasons and that is OK. That is the American way. The candidates with the most electoral votes were put in office. But as leaders in the highest office in the land, you swore to uphold and protect the people of this land and the laws of this land. When will you stop being so insensitive to the demands of the public.