How to Fix COngress

[bassman]

Purportedly attributed to Warren Buffett.....

 "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.

           

         Warren Buffet is 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  2012         

 

         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 1/1/12. 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.