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Posted by Boston Joe [199.46.198.232] on Friday, September 23, 2011 at 09:35:23 :
In Reply to: OT - Americans With No Abilities Act posted by Todd Wilson [71.158.218.134] on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 20:36:59 :
Folks on this Forum are into fixing things so I offer the following:
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.
Proposed Congressional Reform Act of 2011
1. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are 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 are void effective 1/1/12.
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.
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