THIS IS HOW YOU FIX  CONGRESS

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.
  
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.

I'm 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.