I don't know who wrote this, but this is how you fix Congress!!!!!
A friend sent this along to me. I can't think of a reason to disagree.
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Congressional Reform Act of 2010
1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.
A. Two six-year Senate terms
B. Six two-year House terms
C. One six-year Senate term and three two-year House terms
(Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.)
2. No Tenure / No Pension:
A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
(Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.)
3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, Congress participates with the American people.
(Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.)
4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans.
(Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.)
5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
(Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.)
6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
(Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.)
7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people.
(Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.)
8. All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/11 .
The American people did not make these contracts with congressmen; congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.
(Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.)
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3 months ago
1 comment:
"(Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.)"
Ummm, well, no. The Founding Fathers, who have my eternal adoration, were not ... however, omniscient.
As bad as it seems, limiting terms will place even more power in the hands of corporate lobbyists. In modern america it is very hard to find anyone who has an understanding of a few things, and none who have the ability to understand all things. As much as I hate to admit it, our best chance of any success at freedom will come from those who are long in the tooth in both the Senate and the House.
This bit you cited is just someone's pipe dream born of frustration.
It is safe to assume that our founding fathers did not think we would:
A. have 300 million citizens; and
2. Be an imperialist power, waging war across the globe, mostly in the name of our own safety.
Sigh...
I am glad they are not alive today to see what we have become.
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