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. > > THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!! > > If you agree with the above, pass it on. If not, just delete. > You are one of my 20+.. Please keep it going.
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