Many of the good and
valuable things you do will go unnoticed by
everyone else. Do them anyway, because you will know.
Many of the contributions you make will not be fully appreciated by
others. Make them anyway, because they're the right things to do.
It's great when you receive recognition for the work you do and the
high standards you maintain. Yet even when there is no possibility of
recognition, there is still plenty of reason to give your very best.
Even when no one else is watching, you are watching. Even when no one
else appreciates the value of what you're doing, you understand that
value.
Your honest, authentic view of yourself influences all that you do. And
that view is formed largely during the times when no one is watching.
Be ever true to yourself and to the values you hold dear. Your life is
a living expression of who you truly know you are!!!
'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 why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans
are against deficits, we have deficits? Have you ever
wondered why, if all the politicians are against
inflation and high taxes, 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 -
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? 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 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.
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