[nfb-talk] FW: Fix Congress-Going around

[David Andrews]

Mike is correct, this message is off topic for all our lists.  Steve, 
I have warned you about posting this stuff, and if you keep doing it, 
I will ban you from all our lists.

David Andrews, Moderator

At 09:30 PM 4/21/2011, you wrote:
>IMO the post/proposal below is off-topic for this or any other NFB list
>though David Andrews has the final say; NFB does not express positions on
>such proposals nor is it ever likely to do so.  Moreover, (1) there is no
>such 28th amendment in the works nor is there likely to be; (2) virtually
>all the assertions made to justify this "proposed" amendment are false
>and/or misleading.  Check out
><http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/28thamendment.asp>.
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>Best check stuff like this out at <http://www.snopes.com> or
><http://truthorfiction.com>.  I specifically prohibit stuff like this from
>the NFB of Washington Talk list.
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>Mike Freeman
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>From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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>Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 1:40 PM
>To: Adam Green, BoldProgressives.org
>Subject: [nfb-talk] FW: Fix Congress-Going around
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>To: bakerpa1pm at charter.net; jakomom50 at hotmail.com; marybazzio at charter.net;
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>Subject: Fwd: Fix Congress
>From: aog35 at aol.com
>Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:07:31 -0400
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>Fix Congress ~
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>Please  consider forwarding, if you agree.
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>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.
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>  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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>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.
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>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
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>1. Term Limits.
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>12 years only, one of  the possible options below.
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>        A. Two Six-year Senate  terms
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>    B. Six Two-year House  terms
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>    C. One Six-year Senate  term and three Two-Year House terms
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>2. No Tenure / No  Pension.
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>A Congressman collects  a salary while in office and receives no pay when
>they are out of office.
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>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.
>LET'S  FIX CONGRESS!!!!! If you agree, pass it on. If not, just delete.
>You  are one of my 20+. Please keep it going.
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