Dear fellow citizen,
Please help pass government reform in order to make Congress & the President of the U.S. more responsive to the people. 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, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc. Out of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven took one year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.
Pass this idea to anyone who is tired of the U.S. Government's business-as-usual attitude. The Government Reform Act will include the following:
1. TWO-TERM LIMIT: ALL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included) can only be elected for two terms. This is to avoid having to sacrifice our interests when dealing with career politicians. Career politicians become disconnected from everyone else's reality because they develop their own private interests over time. This has already been implemented for the Presidency for a good reason.
2. NO TENURE NO PENSION: ALL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included) will collect a salary while in office and will receive no pay when they are out of office, period. It should be treated like any other job in the U.S. It should not be a position which gives special treatment to some human beings over others. Especially in a democracy where everyone is supposed to be equal under the law.
3. ALL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included) move into Social Security: For example, all funds in the Congressional retirement fund will move to the Social Security system. All future funds will flow into the Social Security system and Congress & the President participate with the American people. Again, Congress members & the President should not be put in a position of privilege over others citizens. Especially in a democracy where everyone is supposed to be equal under the law.
4. ALL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included) can purchase their own retirement plan: This will be just like what all Americans do already. EVERYONE IS EQUAL.
5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise: The salary for ALL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included) will be tied to the average US income. If the average American is doing well then so will a government member's pay. If the country is doing worse so will a government member's pay. This will force them to do a better and more efficient job like it is already done in the private sector. EVERYONE IS EQUAL.
6. ALL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included) will participate in the same health care system as the rest of the American people: They will no longer have their own special health care system which isolates them from the reality of the American people. EVERYONE IS EQUAL.
7. ALL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included) must equally abide by all the laws they impose on the American people. No diplomatic immunity or exceptions of any kind. EVERYONE IS EQUAL.
8. Void all contracts with past and present GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included). The American people did not make these contracts. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators that could serve their term(s) then go home and back to work, back to reality. EVERYONE IS EQUAL.
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. It is time to fix our government. If you agree with the above, pass it on!
Sincerely,
Your fellow citizen
Please help pass government reform in order to make Congress & the President of the U.S. more responsive to the people. 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, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc. Out of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven took one year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.
Pass this idea to anyone who is tired of the U.S. Government's business-as-usual attitude. The Government Reform Act will include the following:
1. TWO-TERM LIMIT: ALL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included) can only be elected for two terms. This is to avoid having to sacrifice our interests when dealing with career politicians. Career politicians become disconnected from everyone else's reality because they develop their own private interests over time. This has already been implemented for the Presidency for a good reason.
2. NO TENURE NO PENSION: ALL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included) will collect a salary while in office and will receive no pay when they are out of office, period. It should be treated like any other job in the U.S. It should not be a position which gives special treatment to some human beings over others. Especially in a democracy where everyone is supposed to be equal under the law.
3. ALL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included) move into Social Security: For example, all funds in the Congressional retirement fund will move to the Social Security system. All future funds will flow into the Social Security system and Congress & the President participate with the American people. Again, Congress members & the President should not be put in a position of privilege over others citizens. Especially in a democracy where everyone is supposed to be equal under the law.
4. ALL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included) can purchase their own retirement plan: This will be just like what all Americans do already. EVERYONE IS EQUAL.
5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise: The salary for ALL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included) will be tied to the average US income. If the average American is doing well then so will a government member's pay. If the country is doing worse so will a government member's pay. This will force them to do a better and more efficient job like it is already done in the private sector. EVERYONE IS EQUAL.
6. ALL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included) will participate in the same health care system as the rest of the American people: They will no longer have their own special health care system which isolates them from the reality of the American people. EVERYONE IS EQUAL.
7. ALL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included) must equally abide by all the laws they impose on the American people. No diplomatic immunity or exceptions of any kind. EVERYONE IS EQUAL.
8. Void all contracts with past and present GOVERNMENT MEMBERS (Congress & President included). The American people did not make these contracts. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators that could serve their term(s) then go home and back to work, back to reality. EVERYONE IS EQUAL.
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. It is time to fix our government. If you agree with the above, pass it on!
Sincerely,
Your fellow citizen