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 one (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/woman collects a salary while in
office and receives no
pay when they're 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/women are void
effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this
contract with Congressmen/women.
Congressmen/women 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. Don't you think it's 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, and
thanks.
