[TVARC] Fwd: Fwd: a Must Read

[Daniel McKinney]

Ham radio??????

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 1:19 PM Ken Peters <kenpeters913 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Touche Harold,
>   The Swamp is hard to impossible to drain. And, who exactly are the King
> makers. ?
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021, 6:11 PM Harold M. Lloyd <w4oe at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> You have never in your life time "read" anything as TRUTHFUL as this
>> article.
>> Best Regards,
>> Hal, W4OE
>>
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: William Allen <ballencom at aol.com>
>> To: Undisclosed recipients:;
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:08:49 -0800
>> Subject: Fwd: a Must Read
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> Begin forwarded message:
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>> *From:* john <endojaw at san.rr.com>
>> *Date:* February 15, 2021 at 10:54:10 AM PST
>> *To:* <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
>> *Subject:* *Fw: a Must Read*
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>> WE NEED....TERM LIMITS,  TERM LIMITS,  TERM LIMITS.......
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>> *CHARLES REESE'S FINAL COLUMN*
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>> A very interesting column. COMPLETELY NEUTRAL
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>> Be sure to Read the Poem at the end.
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>> Charley Reese's final column for the Orlando Sentinel...
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>> He has been a journalist for 49 years.
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>> He is retiring and this is HIS LAST COLUMN.
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>> Be sure to read the Tax List at the end.
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>> This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be. The article
>> below is completely neutral, neither anti-republican nor 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.
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>> It's a relatively short but good read. Worth the time. Worth remembering!
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>> 545 vs. 300,000,000 People- by Charlie Reese
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>> Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then
>> campaign against them.
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>> Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are
>> against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
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>> Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and
>> high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
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>> You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
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>> You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on
>> appropriations.
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>> The House of Representatives does.
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>> You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
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>> You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
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>> You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
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>> One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme
>> Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million who are
>> directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic
>> problems that plague this country.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Who is the speaker of the House   now ? 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> There are no insoluble government problems.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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...
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>> *We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!*
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>> What you do with this article now that you have read it... is up to you.
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>> This might be funny if it weren't so true.
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>> Be sure to read all the way to the end:
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>> Tax his land,
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>> Tax his bed,
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>> Tax the table,   at which he's fed.
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>> Tax his tractor,
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>> Tax his mule,
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>> Teach him taxes is the rule.
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>> Tax his work,
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>> Tax his pay,   he works for peanuts anyway!
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>> Tax his cow,
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>> Tax his goat,
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>> Tax his pants,
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>> Tax his coat.
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>> Tax his ties,
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>> Tax his shirt,
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>> Tax his work,
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>> Tax his dirt.
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>> Tax his tobacco,
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>> Tax his drink,
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>> Tax him if he   tries to think.
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>> Tax his cigars,
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>> Tax his beers,
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>> If he cries   tax his tears.
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>> Tax his car,
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>> Tax his gas,
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>> Find other ways   to tax his ass.
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>> Tax all he has,   then let him know that you won't be done till he has
>> no dough.
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>> When he screams and hollers;   then tax him some more, tax him till he's
>> good and sore.
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>> Then tax his coffin,
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>> Tax his grave,
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>> Tax the sod into   which he's laid...
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>> Put these words   upon his tomb,
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>> "Taxes drove me to my doom..."
>> When he's gone, do not relax,
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>> it's time to apply, the Inheritance tax.
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>> Accounts Receivable Tax
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>> Building Permit Tax
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>> CDL license Tax
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>> Cigarette Tax
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>> Corporate Income Tax
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>> Dog License Tax
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>> Excise Taxes
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>> Federal Income Tax
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>> Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
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>> Fishing License Tax
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>> Food License Tax
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>> Fuel Permit Tax
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>> Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
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>> Gross Receipts Tax
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>> Hunting License Tax
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>> Inheritance Tax
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>> Inventory Tax
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>> IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
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>> Liquor Tax
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>> Luxury Taxes
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>> Marriage License Tax
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>> Medicare Tax
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>> Personal Property Tax
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>> Property Tax
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>> Real Estate Tax
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>> Service Charge Tax
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>> Social Security Tax
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>> Road Usage Tax
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>> Recreational Vehicle Tax
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>> Sales Tax
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>> School Tax
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>> State Income Tax
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>> State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
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>> Telephone Federal Excise Tax
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>> Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
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>> Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
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>> Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
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>> Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax
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>> Telephone State and Local Tax
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>> Telephone Usage Charge Tax
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>> Utility Taxes
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>> Vehicle License Registration Tax
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>> Vehicle Sales Tax
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>> Watercraft Registration Tax
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>> Well Permit Tax
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>> Workers Compensation Tax
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>> STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
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>> Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most
>> prosperous in the world.
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>> We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the
>> world, and Mom, if agreed,  stayed home to raise the kids.
>>
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>> What in the heck happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'
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>> I hope this goes around THE USA at least 545 times!!!
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>> YOU can help it get there!!!
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