Nothing wrong with this... On Oct 26, 1:13 pm, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > Warren Buffett, "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.
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