A broken system- the way to FIX congress

[Steve Harrison]

How can we make this happen!???

 

Stevo

 

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.   Let's ADD this! Congressional Reform Act of  2011 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 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. THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!

  

[J. Crosby]

Agreed!!