http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVAhr4hZDJE

I hope you enjoy this video clip as much as I have. It is getting pretty hard not to get political any longer. As an American I feel our freedoms are being taken away slowly but methodically. It is kind of like the cooking of the frog. Put a frog in a pot of water, and ever so slowing keep turning up the heat. The frog will not jump out, but continues to get comfortable until it is finally cooked. As an American, I do not intend on getting comfortable and slowly loose my freedom. ARE YOU???????

EVERY  CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS  SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE.  READ IT  AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT  OUR CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE.

Charley  Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.
 
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 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  

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.

What you do with this article now that you have  read it……… Is up to you.
This might be funny if it weren’t so darned true.
Be sure to read all the way to the end:
Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table,
At which he’s fed.

Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.
Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!

Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.

Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.

Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his butt.

Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won’t be done
Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He’s good and sore.
Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he’s laid…

Put these words
Upon his tomb,
Taxes drove me
to my doom…’

When he’s gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The 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 FeeTax
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
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? 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 world 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!!!

EBIA article from 07-02-2009

COURT FIXES EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION DATE BASED ON TIMING OF ELECTION NOTICE, REQUIRING LONGER ACTIVE COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEE

[Jennings v. D.F. Crane Const. Corp., 2009 WL 1405167 (W.D. Ky. 2009)]

The employee in this case was away from work for a month and a half, due to medical complications following elective surgery. While he was away, the employee remained in regular contact with his manager. He also incurred significant medical expenses, which were reimbursed under the employer’s health plan. When the employee later called his manager about returning, he was told that the project he had worked on was finished and that his services were no longer needed. The employer subsequently notified the plan insurer that the employee had been terminated when he first left work, and the insurer retroactively terminated coverage and obtained reimbursements from the employee’s medical providers. A few weeks later, a COBRA election notice was sent to the employee that informed him for the first time that his employment (and active health plan coverage) had terminated when he first left work. The employee did not elect COBRA, contending that his active coverage should cover the prior expenses because he had not been terminated that early. When the providers sued the employee for the expenses, the employee sued the employer and insurer to obtain reimbursement.

The court rejected the argument of the employer and insurer that the employee should have elected COBRA when it was offered. Rather, noting that COBRA required the employer to provide an election notice within 44 days after a termination of employment (since the employer was also the plan administrator), the court held that ERISA restricted the employer’s ability to “back-date” the termination. Counting 44 days back from the date the employee received the election notice, the court held that the employee’s termination of active coverage could not have occurred any earlier. As a result, the employee was entitled to coverage of the disputed medical expenses, less any copayment or premiums owed as an employee under the plan.

EBIA Comment: We think other courts would have dismissed the employee’s claim because he failed to elect COBRA within 60 days after it was offered (even though the election notice was late, relative to the date the employer said the employment termination occurred). We also disagree with the court’s analysis because we don’t think that either COBRA or ERISA restricts an employer’s ability to fix the date of a termination of employment. Nevertheless, the court was clearly disturbed that the employee had not received earlier notice of the effect his absence would have on his health coverage, and it reached for a remedy. As a result, the case is yet another example of the need for clear policies regarding leaves of absence, including their impact on COBRA. For more information, see EBIA’s COBRA manual at Sections VII.L (”Special Issues:

Leaves of Absence”).

Contributing Editors: EBIA Staff.

Sometimes I just don’t want to take the time to look these people up, so I hope this helps. As a business owner, I have sacrificed a great deal to own my business, I need to spend a little time keeping it from being taxed to death.

“all evil has to do to triumph, is for a few good people to do nothing”

I love reading the beginning of our great Constitution, what men of wisdom and valor they were.  Again I have included the link for you:  http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/constitution/text.html

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

Follow this link to the Bill of Rights:  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html if you have not read them lately, take some time, it doesn’t take much. These rights are who we are as a nation, a lot of good men and women died protecting these rights for US.

This is the America I want back! Maybe it is time to go back to the basics our government was founded on. Or maybe I am just a dreamer.