To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
28th Amendment Congressional Reform Act of 2013
I am sure others have suggested this but we need to get behind this idea and create a national referendum.
Congressional Reform Act of 2012 (This is old, but still valid).
1. No Tenure / No Pension. (No mention of term limits here, but if the POTUS can only serve 2 terms, then that should be the limit across the board, local, state, and federal.)
A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're 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/women are void effective 12/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.
Congress 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.
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS! [Well, this is a start. Taking the money out of politics is the next thing, including striking down Citizens United.]
Congressional Reform Act of 2012 (This is old, but still valid).
1. No Tenure / No Pension. (No mention of term limits here, but if the POTUS can only serve 2 terms, then that should be the limit across the board, local, state, and federal.)
A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're 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/women are void effective 12/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.
Congress 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.
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS! [Well, this is a start. Taking the money out of politics is the next thing, including striking down Citizens United.]
Why is this important?
Let's take back control of our government and eliminate the special class of congress.