NOW IS THE TIME
TO FINALLY FIX CONGRESS
TO FINALLY FIX CONGRESS
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - Patrick Henry -
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.
Here is one idea to fix what is broken in Washington.
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.
THIS IS HOW TO FIX CONGRESS!!!!!
Good ideas. And yes, should be instituted, but obviously will not save any real money and, given how corrupt these “people” are, it is unlikely - however symbolically potent the enactment of the suggested may be - that 1) the enactment will occur in a short period of time and without great national expense both in terms of money and in terms of time used by both those pro and against (while other extremely important matters continue to remain unaddressed and 2) that it will keep these TURDS from receiving further effective payoffs for everything they do or do not do. In fact, pay-offs will undoubtedly INCREASE would these ideas be enacted. Which leads us to another thought hat just might be worthwhile: BAN ALL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALL POLITICIANS. Now we might have something to talk about.