The title of Reese's column is 545 versus 300,000,000 people. It was Reese's final column for the Orlando Sentinel, and it appears as though it unleashed the libertarian frustrations that had built up in him over the years regarding how our beloved country is being run.
It was written back on February 3, 1984, but you'll swear it was written yesterday. Writing such as this is called beautiful by writers such as myself, because it's brilliantly simplistic, and beautiful, brilliant, simplistic writing is timeless.
It was written during President Ronald Reagan’s tenure as president, but it is non-partisan in its condemnation. It was written after a tumultuous year (1983) of spending that led to a mountainous 1.4 trillion dollar debt. That was a leap in the debt of nearly 6.6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from President Carter's last days. The final amount of the debt as a percentage of the GDP that enraged Charley Reese enough to write this prescient column in 1983 was 39.9%. The debt that we currently have, as presented by the fine people at skymachines in the link below, is nearly 16 trillion, as of 12/31/2011. The final amount of the debt as a percentage of the GDP for 2011 is currently listed at 99.7, a percentage increase of 15.6% for Barack Obama thus far.
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Absolutely nothing has changed in 30 years.
The 545 continue to act directly against the interests of the 300 million.
The 545 that act against the interests of the 300 million continue to get voted in.
The 545 continue to win and the 300 million continue to lose.
Why is that?
The 545 that act against the interests of the 300 million continue to get voted in.
The 545 continue to win and the 300 million continue to lose.
Why is that?
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