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In Snopes as TRUE. The only "added" piece is the exhortation to
e-mail this around. That would be the only untrue piece of this
message. David "When a thing defies physical law, there's
usually politics involved."--P. J. O’Rourke
Buffett Plan for Congress
Warren Buffet is asking
everyone to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people.
In three days, most people in the U.S. will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around. We're ALL in this mess together ... it's up to us to fix it ... for our kids! Read and pass on to 20 of your friends... Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling ... "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that any time 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 and 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 12/1/12.
The American people did not
make this contract with Congressmen/women.
-- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org |
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