Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
If both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
If all the politicians are against high taxes,WHY do we have high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
[[[ the KEY word here is PROPOSE ]]]
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 555 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
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. No matter what gifts the rich donor gives, no matter how may retreats and bar-b-ques and wine-tasting parties are involved, the Supreme Court Judge determines if he is impartial.
I am now excluding the President because he/she has no legislative power. The POTUS can make suggestions, can beg, can coddle and can offer compromise, but alone the Office of the President has no actual power to make laws, including tax laws. The Congress does that and the SCOTUS backs up the Congress.
So, these 554 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 coconut balls of a Speaker Boehner, who stands up and criticizes 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? For the time being {at least} it is John Boehner.
He is the leader of the majority party. He and his 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.
I can't think of a single domesticproblem that is not traceable directly to those 554 people. When youfully grasp the plain truth that 554 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 554 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; or to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; or 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 554 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 backbone to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
ME: Overly-simplistic, but this short op-ed should make us all stop and think. My favorite part is this:
" . . . the special interests and lobbyists have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a
senator, a congressman, or a Supreme Court Judge (or his wife) to do one damn 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. And WE have the power to reject them.
If both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
If all the politicians are against high taxes,WHY do we have high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
[[[ the KEY word here is PROPOSE ]]]
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 555 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
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. No matter what gifts the rich donor gives, no matter how may retreats and bar-b-ques and wine-tasting parties are involved, the Supreme Court Judge determines if he is impartial.
I am now excluding the President because he/she has no legislative power. The POTUS can make suggestions, can beg, can coddle and can offer compromise, but alone the Office of the President has no actual power to make laws, including tax laws. The Congress does that and the SCOTUS backs up the Congress.
Best you not forget that.
So, these 554 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 coconut balls of a Speaker Boehner, who stands up and criticizes 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? For the time being {at least} it is John Boehner.
He is the leader of the majority party. He and his 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.
I can't think of a single domesticproblem that is not traceable directly to those 554 people. When youfully grasp the plain truth that 554 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 554 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; or to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; or 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 554 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 backbone to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
.....
ME: Overly-simplistic, but this short op-ed should make us all stop and think. My favorite part is this:
" . . . the special interests and lobbyists have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a
senator, a congressman, or a Supreme Court Judge (or his wife) to do one damn 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. And WE have the power to reject them.
We ARE the 99%. We'd best not forget this.
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