Worth consideration ...online grassroots democracy.
The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took
only 3
months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it.
That
was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to
become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.
I'm asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty
people on
their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise. In three
days, most people in The United States of America will have the message.
This is one idea that really should be passed around.
Congressional Reform Act of 2011
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
2. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no
pay
when they are out of office.
3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the
Social
Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the
Social
Security system, and Congress participates with the American
people.
4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans
do.
5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay
will
rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the
same
health care system as the American people.
7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American
people.
8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective
1/1/11.
The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen.
Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers
envisioned
citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and
back
to work.
If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take
three
days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message. Maybe it is
time.
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!! If you agree with the above, pass it on.
If
not, just
do what you think is right - like nothing? or ReBlog? Comment? or Nothing!
Ok, I did not write the above article, just that last line! - it was forwarded to me by the owner of Land Title & Abstract located in Gladwin. I guess she didn't write it either. However, it does appear that the author would like as many people as possible to view, read and DO something!
So, your comments are welcome!! And for heaven's sake, remember, we don't shoot the messenger when you don't like the message.
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