What follows seems doomed to failure, much like the protection a fox provides to a hen house. But so did the American revolution seem doomed to failure. Yet, our founding fathers got it done through heroic effort and self-sacrifice. The status quo will never fix itself, but those founding fathers left us with the tools for reform, if only we exploit them through concerted effort.
Our corrupt political/legal system is bleeding us dry, like a leach that lives at its host's expense. Will a leach willingly give up its cushy position? No! And just as when we pluck leaches from our bodies, a little blood will be shed ... figuratively or literally ... but our nation will be the healthier for it.
Politicians will never pass the following legislation on their own, so we must raise such a grass-roots stink that they will fear for their careers. Lord knows losing their blood-sucking positions is their greatest fear.
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Congressional Reform Act of 2010
1. Term Limits: 12 years only!
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators who serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
2. No Tenure / No Pension:
Legislators collect a salary while in office, and receive no pay when they are out of office. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators who serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:
All monies in the Congressional retirement fund, as well as all future retirement funds, move to the Social Security system immediately. Congress participates with the American people in a common prosperity. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators who serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans..
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators who serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators who serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators who serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people..
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators who serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
8. All contracts with past and present national legislators are void effective 1/1/11. The American people did not make these contracts for the legislators, legislators made them for themselves.
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators who serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
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