Congressional Reform Act : A Joke?

This looks simple enough, right? Can you imagine the congress actually, seriously debate such a thing? What a laugh. Just think about this for a few minutes.

What would the congress do if they didn't have time to steal from the public treasury, take bribes from big donors, cheat on their taxes and demean the voting public by lying about what they are actually doing for the folks back home? Going to congress is to get rich. Going to congress has nothing to do with the business of the country.

But hope springs eternal for a lot of us this year - maybe this November, if we have the courage to vote out the bums and elect common sense, things will change for the better. Time will tell.


THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!

Congressional Reform Act of 2010.
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 1/1/11.

The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress must be an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.