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We all have a quote or two that we like.  Here are a few of ours.  If you have one that needs to be added please e-mail it to me, rick@marineoutlet.com.

Some great quotes from Ronald Reagan: 

"Socialism only works

in two places:

Heaven where they don't

need it and hell where they already have it."

-Ronald Reagan

'Here's my strategy on

the Cold War:

We win, they lose.'

- Ronald Reagan


'The most terrifying words

in the English language are:

I'm from the government

and I'm here to help.'

-Ronald Reagan


'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.'

 -Ronald Reagan


'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the  U.S.  was too strong.

- Ronald Reagan


'I have wondered at

times about what the

Ten Commandments would

have looked like if Moses

had run them through

the  U.S.  Congress..

-Ronald Reagan


'The taxpayer:

That's someone who works

for the federal government

but doesn't have to take the

civil service examination.'

- Ronald Reagan


'Government is like a baby:

An alimentary canal with a

big appetite at one end and

no sense of responsibility

at the other'

- Ronald Reagan


'The nearest thing to eternal

life we will ever see on

this earth is a

government program.' 

- Ronald Reagan


'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession.

I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first'

- Ronald Reagan


'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases:

If it moves, tax it.

If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving,

subsidize it'

 - Ronald Reagan


'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed,

there are many rewards;

if you disgrace yourself,

you can always write a book.'

- Ronald Reagan


'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'- Ronald Reagan


'If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under.'-Ronald Reagan

"In wine there is wisdom,
 in beer there is freedom,
 in water there is bacteria."  Ben Franklin

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)

32nd President of the United States

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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 apparently inept selfish 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 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 ass.
      -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 T ax
   Social Security Tax
   Road Usage Tax
   Sales Tax
   Recreational Vehicle 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=2 0Tax
   Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring 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,and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.  We had absolutelyno 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?'  And I still have to 'press 1' for English!?
  
I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 times!!!  YOU can help it get there!!!
GO AHEAD - - - BE AN AMERICAN!!!