Congressional Reform Act of 2012
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Congressional Reform Act of 2012
This a repost of the Congressional Reform Act of 2011, which needed to be reposted since it is now 2012 and there has been no action taken to reform.
As a citizen of the United States, I find the actions of career lawmakers reprehensible. I believe in the vision of our founding fathers in creating citizen legislatures. I am asking you to hold our leaders past, present, and future to the same rules and limits that every citizen must follow. While I understand that this causes a hardship on you and your envisioned career, I am only asking you to be the leaders we elected you to be and make hard decisions that benefit our country and the people you represent.
Congressional Reform Act of 2012:
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 the day this is signed into law.
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.
This a repost of the Congressional Reform Act of 2011, which needed to be reposted since it is now 2012 and there has been no action taken to reform.
As a citizen of the United States, I find the actions of career lawmakers reprehensible. I believe in the vision of our founding fathers in creating citizen legislatures. I am asking you to hold our leaders past, present, and future to the same rules and limits that every citizen must follow. While I understand that this causes a hardship on you and your envisioned career, I am only asking you to be the leaders we elected you to be and make hard decisions that benefit our country and the people you represent.
Congressional Reform Act of 2012:
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 the day this is signed into law.
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.
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It is time to overhaul the congress to get US goverment
functional and saving huge cost.
functional and saving huge cost.
It is time to overhaul the congress to get US goverment
functional and saving huge cost.
functional and saving huge cost.
That voting yourself a pay raise thing really burns me!! Seriously???
WHY DO CONGRESSMEN & WOMEN THINK THAT THEY ARE BETTER THAN THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEM THERE? I SAY FIRE THEM ALL AND START OVER THE CORRECT WAY...JJ
Okay, so it's 2013.. it's still a great idea whos time has come.
Many members of Congress profess to be staunch supporters of the Constitution and quote the Founding Fathers, repeatedly. Yet, they (the members of Congress) expect to be lifelong officeholders rather than serving for a few terms as was envisioned by the Founding Fathers. Serving in Congress was never intended to be a career. You shouldn't be voting on bills and amendments based on influence from lobbyists and preservation of your office. Serving your country should be a hardship and is a privilege, not a right. No PUBLIC SERVANT should become wealthy as a result. Get off the gravy train and start serving! Then, when your term is over, go back home and work for a living like the rest of us. Public office has become a gross distortion of the Founding Fathers original intent.
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