• Congressional Reform ACT of 2011
    This is how to fix Congress. . .Winds of change. . . Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this petition to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn each does the same. In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the petition. This is the idea that really should be passed around. If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for the American People to receive this message. Don't you think it is time?
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    Created by jonna dean
  • help put all politicians on medicare
    if politicians were put on medicare i want to see how fast they make cuts to the program ,after all it is a government run program ,why shouldnt they use it ? and why should the tax payer , pay for their health care !
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    Created by jerry emmerso
  • Congressmen should have the same benefits as the masses,no special deals
    Whatever Congress decides will be the healthcare for the nation, applies to members of Congress as well. What the masses pay in, Congress should pay in. In the cases of state and federal retirement programs, Congressmen should have to contribute the same as everyone else...no free rides. Their retirement pay should reflect a percentage of what they paid in...like state employees...no more; no less. This would save tax payers a lot of money, be more fair and reduce corruption in government.
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    Created by Cathy Teich
  • Retirement Changes for Federal and State Politicians
    Lets reduce the retirement paycheck for all Federal and State Politicians by 80%. No one who works a job for two - six years diserves a 100% salery pension.
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    Created by Charles Hawkins
  • Elimination of Capitol Gains Tax
    As the segment of society that uses Capitol Gains Tax to reduce their tax indebtedness is not of the typical wage earner class, it seems only equitable that the money derived from stock dividends, real estate appreciation, maturing bonds, and all revenues derived from such endeavors ought to be taxed at the NORMAL rate, not some super beneficial discounted rate.
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    Created by chuck boyd
  • National Refurendum on Congressional Salaries
    We, as employers of the American Congress, should be the ones to determine the income, how it is acquired, and the healthcare, of our members/employees.
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    Created by Lora Eckert
  • Corporations Are Not People!
    In 1819, the Supreme Court decided, in a case entitled Dartmouth College v. Woodward that corporations had the same rights as people. That decision has been at the root of a lot of the more recent rulings which allow corporations to run roughshod over our democracy, using their almost unlimited money to fund anything they want in government, and leaving ordinary citizens with very little voice in our own government. It's time for this to stop.
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    Created by Nora G Rivkis
  • House and Senate Services should not be subsidized
    Members of the House and Senate receive subsidized services, such as food, health club, etc. They should pay fair market value for these services. In turn any member who wishes to reside in their office should pay fair market rent. They are trying to ax jobs and benefits for their constituents, why not start with themselves.
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    Created by Don Spare
  • Fair Law Act
    That a law is enacted that prevents Senators and Representatives from enjoying any health care or retirement benefits that are not enjoyed by all citizens. They pay into and utilize Social Security and not pensions for retirement and buy into the same health services that are available to the citizens without citizen contributions.
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    Created by Don Sherman
  • PLEDGE TO AMERICA
    We must stop the Grover Norquest, lock step politicians,and put people in congress that put the country first, and not a lobbyest, who;s only care for the richest 1% of the people.
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    Created by Lloyd Candler
  • FOR OR AGAINST THE PEOPLE?
    I'm for publishing the names of all elected officials who are voting to kill the; 1. Jobs bill, 2. Extended Unemployment Benefits, 3. Ending the War in Agfanistan, 4. Clean Air, Education & Health Care, 5. Family Planning, 6. Gay & Lesbien Rights to health care and sposal benefits 7. Immigration Reform.
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    Created by JOHN HERBERT
  • REFORM OF HOUSE AND SENATE.."SELF VOTED PERKS"
    *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 ten people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Maybe it is time."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.
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    Created by Marla Dee Miller