So...how do we actually get this even considered by state legislatures? Doing<br>this as anything less than a Constitutional amendment will get silently repealed<br>within a couple years.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
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</font></p><div><font face="georgia,serif"><span>Warren Buffett, "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just </span></font></div><font face="georgia,serif">
<div><span><span>pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all<br>sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. The 26th<br>
amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months<br>& 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in<br>1971...before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to<br>
the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the<br>land...all because of public pressure.<br><br>Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of<br>twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do<br>
likewise.<br>In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the<br>message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.<br><br>*Congressional Reform Act of 2011*<br><br>1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office<br>
and receives no pay when they are out of office.<br><br>2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All<br>funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security<br>system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system,<br>
and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for<br>any other purpose.<br><br>3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans<br>do.<br><br>4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay<br>
will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.<br><br>5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the<br>same health care system as the American people.<br><br>6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American<br>
people.<br><br>7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12.<br>The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen<br>made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor,<br>
not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours<br>should serve their term's), then go home and back to work.<br><br>If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take<br>
three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Maybe it is<br>time.<br><br>THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!! If you agree with the above, pass it on.</span></span><br clear="all"></div></font>
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