Forum Post: Congressional reform is needed to get to the Banksters

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS AND THE BANKSTERS, ONLY BY LIMITING POLITICAL AND SPECIAL INTERESTS CONTROL AND GIVING THE POWER TO INACT LEGAL MATERS, (REGULATIONS, LAW and TAXATION) BACK TO THE PEOPLE. WITH THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE TODAY THERE SHOULD BE LITTLE PROBLEMS IN RESTORING THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE VIA THE VOTING BOOTHS AND OR THROUGH THE INTERNET. THERES A WHOLE LOT TO DO AND THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED; IT’S JUST A MATTER OF THE PEOPLE GETTING INVOLVED AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THE OWLS (Occupy Wall Street) HAVE STARTED SOMETHING, NOW ITS TIME FOR EVERY CITIZEN TO GET INVOLVED. Viva la Revolución!

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.

I FIND THIS PRETTY GOOD; IF YOU AGREE THEN PASS IT ON - IF NOT DELETE.

"When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people fear the government, you have Tyranny." (Thomas Jefferson)