The "Congressional Reform Act" was forwarded to me by Harry Becker in Florida, but instead of e-mailing this excellent list to other friends, I will post it on the blog, where it will hopefully be read by more than 20 people. Readers, it's entirely up to you to share this wisdom. The version in this blog post has appeared on the "Arizona Tea Party Network" and other blogs & Web sites.
Congressional Reform Act of 2011
1. Term Limits. 12 years only, maximum. One of the possible options below.
A. Two Six-year Senate terms
B. Six Two-year House terms
OR: 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.
Any & 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 a retirement plan, just as other Americans do.
5. Congress will repeal its automatic pay raises and no longer vote themselves pay raises. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3% after a five-year moratorium on pay increases. Any future pay raises shall be voted on in a nationwide referendum, with 60% of votes cast needed for passage.
6. Congress will eliminate its current health care system and participate in the same free market health care system as the American people do.
7. Congress must be equally subject to all laws they impose on the American people. Congress must repeal current exemptions for itself as a body and for individual Congressmen, and enact no further exemptions in future laws.
8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are null and void effective January 1, 2011. The American people did not make these contracts with the Senators and Congressmen. Our legislators made all of these contracts by and for themselves. This practice violates the principle of "government of the people, by the people, for the people."
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, ours should serve their term(so) honorably, go home and back to work living under the laws you passed like everyone else.
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. It is time.
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!
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.
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