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CONGRESS AND THE SENATE SHOULD RECEIVE CUTS TO THEIR BENEFITS, NOT THE NEEDY

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  • May 23rd, 2017
    Someone from Tullahoma, TN signed.
  • May 22nd, 2017
    Linda H. from Morristown, AZ signed.
  • May 19th, 2017
    Someone from Fergus Falls, MN writes:
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    we need to eliminate the pensions and health care of career politicians and create term limits. then this country can get back on track to being for the people and not for the crooked lawmakers and special intrests.
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  • May 9th, 2017
    Nicolette C. from Indianapolis, IN writes:
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    The Congress needs to look within for budget cuts prior to taking anything away from the people who elected them. Let's start here: 1) Any Senator or Representative receiving a "Generous pension" should be ineligible for Social Security. 2) Senators and Representatives should receive EXACTLY THE SAME HEALTH CARE as all other Americans, NOTHING MORE. 3) All salaries should be cut by 40% immediately. Let them live on what the rest of us do. And donate that salary cut to building housing for the homeless. Benefiting from taking money and healthcare away for the people who elected them should be a criminal act.
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  • May 7th, 2017
    Annette F. from Powell, OH signed.
  • May 5th, 2017
    Alexandria A. from Columbus, OH signed.
  • May 5th, 2017
    Someone from Columbus, OH writes:
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    you bit the hand that fed you
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  • May 3rd, 2017
    Lisa O. from Glendora, CA signed.
  • May 3rd, 2017
    Donna M. from Rancho Cucamonga, CA signed.
  • Apr 14th, 2017
    Lisa P. from Arcata, CA writes:
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    In terms of benefits, Congress enjoys the Cadillac while the American people are stuck with the Tin Lizzie...or a broken-down go-cart with a wheel missing. Cut your own damn benefits first!! We're sick and tired of paying for these do-nothing members of Congress and the Senate!!!
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  • Apr 12th, 2017
    Joanne J. from Torrance, CA signed.
  • Apr 8th, 2017
    charles y. from Stephenville, TX writes:
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    I agree. Congressme and senators salaries and benefits should be the starting poit for government cuts in spending>
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  • Apr 7th, 2017
    Someone from Westfield, WI signed.
  • Apr 4th, 2017
    Someone from Saint Clairsville, OH writes:
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    Government needs to make minimum wage and needs a term set. This was never to be a life career
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  • Apr 4th, 2017
    Someone from Sacramento, CA writes:
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    Do you take the American people to be suckers...........if it is so great for America then set the example and use your own healthcare bill first...lead by example...
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  • Mar 27th, 2017
    Someone from Springfield, MO writes:
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    We as a people are finally wise to the corrupt behavior that continues today in congress. Term limits, of course. Pay cuts, absolutely! They should be reviewed on their performance. They should not get all of pay until out of office that might make term limits more appeling to them. Something has got to change! The time is now. Stand up people. Stand up!
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  • Mar 26th, 2017
    Diana P. from Tell City, IN writes:
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    They need to have the same insurance and benefits as we, the people, do. No more, no less.
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  • Mar 25th, 2017
    Someone from Lakeland, FL writes:
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    Yes the good ole boys club has got to go. Washington is worthless
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  • Mar 24th, 2017
    Someone from Indianapolis, IN writes:
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    How can we change these benefits?
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  • Mar 24th, 2017
    William K. from Houston, TX signed.
  • Mar 24th, 2017
    Someone from Blackshear, GA writes:
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    amen and they need to fire paul ryan and kick him out of office and do all the cuts from the white house down to the senate and the us house and the congress AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN
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  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    Katherine C. from Duluth, MN writes:
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    It's time that "public servants" stop enjoying so many perks during and after completing their terms in congress. They get 72% of their insurance paid for now and if they roll back ACA/Obamacare they still have a fallback plan for their insurance unlike millions who don't. They are so out of touch with the lives of the millions of Americans who are living on the edge. They need to feel our pain. Maybe they will be more aware of the consequences of their actions while serving the American People.
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  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    Harry F. from Barrackville, WV writes:
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    Do the right thing, for once.
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  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    Lawrence S. from Lake Villa, IL signed.
  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    Ed F. from Spring Hill, FL writes:
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    Strip the perks. They are not the aristocracy. Get real, look at the realities of most people's lives.
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  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    Brenda R. from San Antonio, TX writes:
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    All elected public officials, local, stae and Washington DC should have to takke the new Health plan..instead of the luxiorous coverage they now enjoy. If its good for us - it should be good for them. They deserve a pay cut.
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  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    Dennis N. from Kaneohe, HI writes:
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    While most federal, state and private industries have scaled back benefits, especially health and retirement, they still continue to enjoy more and more. Shouldn't there benefits reflect those of their average constituent? If the constituent has to pay into it, work for it, shouldn't they? That's the only way they can feel what their constituents are feeling.
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  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    Toni M. from Gibsonia, PA writes:
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    I think these perks are unjust and a slap in the face of hard working Americans that struggle every day.
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  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    John V. from Elko, NV writes:
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    They need to be getting the same insurance that we get !!!! They are supposed to work for us !!!! And instead have set theirselves apart !!!!! So wrong !!!!!!
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  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    John V. from Elko, NV writes:
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    They need to be getting the same insurance that we get !!!! They are supposed to work for us !!!! And instead have set theirselves apart !!!!! So wrong !!!!!!
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  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    John V. from Elko, NV writes:
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    They need to be getting the same insurance that we get !!!! They are supposed to work for us !!!! And instead have set theirselves apart !!!!! So wrong !!!!!!
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  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    Mary S. from Corvallis, OR writes:
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    You do not deserve more than your constituency or a military service person nor should you be able to give yourself raises.
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  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    Larry M. from Atlanta, GA signed.
  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    Diane W. from Riverton, WY signed.
  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    David L. from Tomball, TX signed.
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    Louise L. from Hot Springs National Park, AR signed.
  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    Someone from Grand Rapids, MI writes:
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    You deserve what we get. Don't like it, LEAVE
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  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    David P. from Mill Valley, CA signed.
  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    Linda D. from Euless, TX writes:
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    The benefits that these politicians receive far outweighs their actual worth. Very few people in the work force receive any where near these benefits, and their worth far exceeds their pay and the few benefits that may be available. Politicians who want to cut programs for the most vulnerable Americans, need to have all of their benefits and pay cut first.
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  • Mar 23rd, 2017
    Christina J. from Monroe, NH writes:
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    Sick and tired of the imbalance in this country!
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