To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate
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Beginning January 1, 2013:
• No person of Congress may serve more than 12 years total combined service whether House, Senate, or both.
• If a member of Congress accepts another position in government such as President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Ambassador, Homeland Security, etc., before the 12 year limit is reached, that person may return to Congress and serve the remainder of the 12 years.
• Congressional member’s salaries shall start at the rate equivalent to the average per capita income of the State from which elected.
• Members of Congress may receive raises approved by the residents of the State for which they serve via ballot. Sixty percent of all members of Congress must have approval for raises or no one in Congress gets one.
• Pay raise amount will be determined by approval rating, but not to exceed 6% of current salary at time of approval.
• Congressional members will be limited to 5 weeks vacation.
• Members of Congress will pay part of the cost of their health plan.
• And finally, Congressional members’ pensions will be rolled into Social Security, and be governed by current laws passed by this same body for retirement.
• No person of Congress may serve more than 12 years total combined service whether House, Senate, or both.
• If a member of Congress accepts another position in government such as President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Ambassador, Homeland Security, etc., before the 12 year limit is reached, that person may return to Congress and serve the remainder of the 12 years.
• Congressional member’s salaries shall start at the rate equivalent to the average per capita income of the State from which elected.
• Members of Congress may receive raises approved by the residents of the State for which they serve via ballot. Sixty percent of all members of Congress must have approval for raises or no one in Congress gets one.
• Pay raise amount will be determined by approval rating, but not to exceed 6% of current salary at time of approval.
• Congressional members will be limited to 5 weeks vacation.
• Members of Congress will pay part of the cost of their health plan.
• And finally, Congressional members’ pensions will be rolled into Social Security, and be governed by current laws passed by this same body for retirement.
Why is this important?
The greatest threat that we Americans face today is the career politician. Politicians get elected to represent constituents from their home state, but far too often they arrive in Washington and, although they may have had good intentions, they are sucked up into the whirlpool of corporate lobbyists and special interests groups and a system of career politicians who have forgotten who they work for. Somewhere along the line, Congress has turned from a group of elected people “Of the people, by the people, and for the people”, into a group of elitist who do whatever they must to remain in power. When and where did they get the idea that if you don’t agree completely, you don’t have to do anything? If you or I did that, we’d be unemployed in a heartbeat. Congress is at a stalemate, bogged down in Ideological mud, and everybody is slinging it. It is frozen, much like my computer sometimes is. When my PC freezes, I hit control/alt/delete and reboot it. That is what this country needs; to reboot or restart.
How do we do it? Start with the brain, the idea center where it all begins: Congress.
Do this, and then sit back and watch how fast they can overcome their ideological differences and reach across the aisles.
How do we do it? Start with the brain, the idea center where it all begins: Congress.
Do this, and then sit back and watch how fast they can overcome their ideological differences and reach across the aisles.