This is an e-m ail that continually goes around on the internet and I hope there are enough of us that will push for the Congressional Reform Act of 2011 as stated below or by adding even more reforms to the Act.
Let’s keep spreading the word because I believe that with God’s help we the people making the decision to remain true to the love of this country can get it back on the right track. A nation people want to come to because they know if they obey the laws and work hard they can become successful and raise their families better than where they came from, can become citizens legally and know they are free from some of the fears and horrors of where they came from. It is the legal immigrants who founded this country.
Let’s not lose our dignity and give up our God given rights to people who want to tell us how we should live our lives all the way down to what we should be eating now. Why are we allowing people some of them that we wouldn’t want near our families direct our lives, INSANITY?? God grant us WISDOM to NOT FORGET TO VOTE THEM OUT IN 2012!!!!
E-MAIL AS FOLLOWS::
Congress is no longer responsive to the will of the people...it's time to force them to act on behalf of America. We now have a professional political class whose only purpose is to continue feeding at the public trough. We need to wean them away from waste and corruption. Congress routinely exempts themselves from the laws they impose upon the rest of the country it's time for that to end.
"The task of weaning various people and groups from the national nipple will not be easy. The sound of whines, bawls, screams and invective will fill the air as the agony of withdrawal pangs finds voice." -Linda Bowles
Subject: WE NEED THIS NOW!
I have totally cleaned this e-mail from all other names, sending it to you in hopes you will keep it going and keep it clean. This is something I will fight for and I hope you all read it all the way through. You will be glad you did.
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 in 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. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressperson 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 Congresspersons are void effective 1/1/12.
The American people did not make these contracts with Congress. Congresspersons 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.
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!
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 in 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. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressperson 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 Congresspersons are void effective 1/1/12.
The American people did not make these contracts with Congress. Congresspersons 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.
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!
