i will, john! On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 5:36 PM, John D <[email protected]> wrote:
> A friend who usually sends me forwarded email of a "conservative" > nature just sent this. And damned if I don't agree. > > Keep this going. Let Congress sacrifice like the rest of us. This is > an excellent idea. > > No matter what your political party, I think we are all pretty sick of > Congress’s shenanigans. Maybe if they were brought down a peg, they > might feel more like taking better care of the American people instead > of themselves and their next election chances. I think this email is > filled with excellent ideas, so I am passing it on. > > 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 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 2011 > > 1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman 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 Congressmen are void effective > 1/1/12. > > 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. > > If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people, 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!!!!! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. > > -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
