IT IS NOT THEIR...

IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT
A commentary on two published articles by American journalists
on responsibility for Government performance that is
unpopular, unfair, unjust, and/or outrageous.

By Victor Drummond ©
August 2009

Although the following excerpts are from articles written by American authors about U.S. government deficiencies and who is to blame for the socially damaging flaws that are on-going in the U.S.A.unfortunately the quotes selected apply equally to Canada’s political system and abuse of Canadian taxpayers.

The first article is by journalist Charley Reese, a journalist for the past 49 years, formely a columnist with the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.

This article is titled: 545 vs 300,000,000 and the numbers represent 545 Congress and politicians who make government policy as compared to the 300,000,000 U.S. citizens they govern.

In Canada the numbers change to 308 House of Commons law makers plus another 105 Senators. Although members of Canada’s Senate do influence the creation and change to Canadian Laws they can not, as yet, be voted out of office so for purposes of illustration I will use 308 vs 33,000,000 as the Canadian version of the article.

The first relevant quote from Mr. Reese’s article – converted to Canadian format is: “You and I do not write the tax code – our government does.”

Then: “It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 33,000,000 can not replace 308 people who stand convicted – by present facts – of incompetence and irresponsibility.”

Next: “Do not let these 308 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 their exists disembodied mystical forces like “the economy,” “inflation”, or “politics” that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.”

“These 308 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 every one of them out of office and clean up their mess.”

Note:- In Canada there have been a very few Members of Parliament who have supported appeals by honest, hard-working Canadians victimized by Canada’s tax on pretend (phantom) income. When the next federal election is pending I will identify those MP’s who have acted in the best interest of their constituents, and therefore the best interest of all Canadians, and deserve to be re-elected.

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The second source document is a speech, made by a black man, Dr. Donald May, speaking from the courthouse steps in the town of Lubbock Texas, U.S.A. on April 15 2009.

The Title of Dr. May’s address is: “This is A time For Courage.”

The first excerpt from his speech that applies equally to Canada is:

“We the People are still in charge, and our government is still our servant and not our master.”

Next: “Our Prime Minister tells (those of us who held ESPP/ESO equities past their exercise date and lost money but were still taxed on the phantom income that never materialized that) we do not deserve to keep the (after tax) money we have earned.”

Then: “Our government will now make more of our decisions for us.”

“Demand that they stop stealing our money…”

“Talk with all of the young people you can find.” “They are our future.”

“Many do not understand what they have and that their future is being destroyed.”

“Our (Prime Minister and Members of our House of Commons) were elected to be Our servants and not our masters.”

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Politicians are all cut from the same cloth. They make promises they have no intention of fulfilling and they perform useless actions that have no purpose other than to lull the voters into a false sense of security and confidence.

For example anyone reading the Canadian government document: “Serving Canadians – Canada’s System of Justice” is led to believe Canadians are protected from injustice and financial abuse by our justice system, our “Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms”, our updated “Taxpayers Bill of Rights” and the puppet “Taxpayers Ombudsman” whose department is financed out of the Canada Revenue Agency’s budget, and last of all the "integrity" of out elected federal Members of the House of Commons.

These articles of Canadian citizen protection are violated every day by our own government, i.e. when they allow the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to demand payment of taxes from some victims of taxes, levied on pretend income, – but not others.

Your so-called right to "presumed innocence" is abrogated every time the CRA levies taxes on pretend income using the unproven assumption the victim knowingly and deliberately decided to play the markets with equities they purchased via an Employee Shares Option (ESO) agreement. Equities that they paid for with their own after tax dollars.

Once victimized then unless you are prepared to buy your way, through the Canadian Court system, no one is going to take any notice of the fact: your “RIGHTS”, as provided in all of the foregoing documents and government agencies, have been violated and you have been unjustly separated from your hard earned income, after tax savings, possibly even your home and other possessions.

BUT DO NOT BLAME OUR GOVERNMENT FOR THIS OUTRAGEOUS SITUATION.

“IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT” – “IT IS MY FAULT AND YOUR FAULT FOR NOT DEMANDING THEY DO THE JOB YOU WE ARE PAYING THEM TO DO.

THEY ARE VOTED INTO OFFICE TO SERVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL CANADIANS.

I have contacted my local Member of Parliament on several occasions – both in person and by e-mail – and made it clear to him -- if he does not commit to correcting Canada’s flawed taxable benefit legislation and fairly compensating those Canadian taxpayers already victimized by it – then he will not get my support – or the support of anyone I can influence – when he runs for office in the next federal election.

And I request every reader do the same.

As both Dr, Donald May and Charles Reese stated in their articles: “Our politicians were elected to be our servants and not our masters.”

To be properly served we need to keep control of our servants – otherwise we become the servants and we are paying our politicians an extravagant salary to be our masters.

See you at the voting polls in the next federal election O’Grady.
(See earlier posting “What O’Grady sez”)

Victor Drummond ©