Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Money On Mondays - How To Make Congress More Fiscally Responsible

Congressional Reform Act of 2010


1. Term Limits: 12 years maximum, 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

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding
Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then
go home and go back to work.


2. No Tenure / No Pension:

A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives
no pay when they are out of office.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding
Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then
go home and go back to work.


3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social
Security:  All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves
to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow
into the Social Security system, Congress participates with the
American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding
Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, server your term(s), then
go home and go back to work.


4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just like
the rest of Americans do.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding
Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then
go home and go back to work.


5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.
Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding
Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then
go home and go back to work.


6. Congress loses their current health care system and
participates in the same health care system as the American
people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding
Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then
go home and go back to work.


7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the
rest of the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding
Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then
go home and go back to work.


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 is an honor, not a career. The Founding
Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then
go home and go back to work.

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