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!!!!! If you agree with the above, pass it on. If not, just
delete. You are one of my 20+…. Please keep it going. —
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