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Old 01-07-2013, 07:57 PM
 
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My comment on this: When are people going to understand the problem is not the Democrats vision verses the Republicans vision, it's all of those slimeballs together that's the problem.....

"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.

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, e-mail, cell phones, etc.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year or less to become the law of the land - all because of public pressure.


Congressional Reform Act of 2013

1. No Tenure / No Pension.

A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office.

2. 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. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 12/1/13. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.

Congress 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.

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!

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Old 01-07-2013, 08:46 PM
 
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I could support this!
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Old 01-07-2013, 08:53 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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This isn't a current proposal. Snopes debunks it if you care to look.
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Old 01-07-2013, 09:36 PM
 
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This isn't a current proposal. Snopes debunks it if you care to look.
Darn shame.
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Old 01-08-2013, 07:13 AM
 
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I think every one of us has received that thing multiple times in our e-mails dating back to the late 90's. Buffet had nothing to do with it other than some obscure quote he made during a interview about "congress has no vested interest in solving issues of finance" or some such thing.
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