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

[S Baker]

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Subject: Fwd: Fix Congress
From: aog35 at aol.com
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:07:31 -0400
























 
 








Fix Congress ~

 


Please  consider forwarding, if you agree. 

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. 


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. 

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  

1. Term Limits. 


12 years only, one of  the possible options below.

       A. Two Six-year Senate  terms 

   B. Six Two-year House  terms 

   C. 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. 
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.