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General Discussion and Useful Links => The Campfire => Topic started by: Arnold on October 15, 2011, 10:28:56 pm
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That would certainly be a start .. and whomever is against it , get's the BOOT !
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 anytime 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 & 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 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 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 then 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!!!!!
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Maybe Warren Buffett should pay the back taxes he owes.To the tune of 7 million dollars.Then maybe somebody would listen to him.What is it that people say.Maybe people in glass houses.Shouldn't be throwing stones.
Arnold I do actually agree with what you posted.I do think these things do need to happen.But they are not going to happen.Because there isn't a congressmen or a state Representative that is going to vote himself out of office.Let alone vote to kill his retirement fund.Or his medical insurance.When the fox has the keys to the hen house.He isn't going to give the keys up.No matter how many times you ask him.