Post courtesy of Ann Grogan. The first sentence in this great article describes the situation with rent control.
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545 vs. 300,000,000
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.
100 Senators, 435
Congressmen, 1
President and 9
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?
John Boehner. He is
the leader of the
majority party. He 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
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 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.
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
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 heck
happened?
Can you
spell 'politicians?'