LOL It sounds very reasonable.
Peace and best wishes. Xi On Feb 19, 10:32 pm, "Sumerian.." <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Many of you don't know I ran for Missouri Governor in 2008, but for > some strange reason I came up "dead" before the election in 3 major > credit systems. > > Read CNN Transcript: > [May 17, 2007] > > Presently, > I am still advocating to Congress to have the error corrected to > reclaim my name, while still voicing my opinion about how our tax > dollars should be spent concerning our economy. > > Take a look at > the proposal below and you decide why you think someone doesn't want > people like myself working as a public servant for the people! > > When > a company falls on difficult times, one of the things that seem to > happen is they reduce their staff and workers. The remaining workers > must find ways to continue to do a good job or risk that their job > would be eliminated as well. > > Wall street, and the media > normally congratulate the CEO for making this type of "tough decision", > and his board of directors gives him a big bonus. Our government should > not be immune from similar risks. > > Therefore: > > Reduce the House of Representatives from the current 435 members to 218 > members. > > Reduce Senate members from 100 to 50 (one per State). > > Then, reduce their staff by 25%. > > Accomplish this over the next 8 years > > (two steps/two elections) and of course this would require some redistricting. > > Some Yearly Monetary Gains Include: > > $44,108,400 for elimination of base pay for congress. (267 members X $165,200 > pay/member/ yr.) > > $97,175,000 for > elimination of their staff. (estimate $1.3 Million in staff per each > member of the House, and $3 Million in staff per each member of the > Senate every year) > > $240,294 for the reduction in remaining staff by 25%. > > $7,500,000,000 reduction > in pork barrel ear-marks each year. (those members whose jobs are gone. > Current estimates for total government pork earmarks are at $15 > Billion/yr) > > The remaining representatives would need to > work smarter and improve efficiencies. It might even be in their best > interests to work together for the good of our country! > > We > may also expect that smaller committees might lead to a more efficient > resolution of issues as well. It might even be easier to keep track of > what your representative is doing. > > Congress has more tools > available to do their jobs than it had back in 1911 when the > current number of representatives was established. (telephone, > computers, cell phones to name a few) > > Note: > Congress did > not hesitate to head home when it was a holiday, when the nation needed > a real fix to the economic problems. Also, we have 3 senators > that have not been doing their jobs for the past 18+ months (on > the campaign trail) and still they all have been accepting full pay. > These facts alone support a reduction in senators & congress. > > Summary of opportunity: > > $ 44,108,400 reduction of congress members. > > $282,100, 000 for elimination of the reduced house member staff. > > $150,000,000 for elimination of reduced senate member staff. > > $59,675,000 for 25% reduction of staff for remaining house members. > > $37,500,000 for 25% reduction of staff for remaining senate members. > > $7,500,000,000 reduction in pork added to bills by the reduction of congress > members. > > $8,073,383,400 per year, estimated total savings. (that's 8-BILLION just to > start!) > > Big business does these types of cuts all the time. > > If > Congresspersons were required to serve 20, 25 or 30 years (like > everyone else) in order to collect retirement benefits, tax payers > could save a bundle. > > Now they get full retirement after serving only ONE term. > > IF you are happy with how Congress spends our taxes, delete this message. > > Otherwise, I assume you know what to do, please pass it on. > > Respectfully, > Madeline M. Coburn > Former Mo. Gov. Candidate 08'www.coburnenterprise.com > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > ======= > S1000+ > ======= > > --- On Thu, 2/19/09, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" 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/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
