To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Congressional Reform Act 2011
Demand the immediate passage of a 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.
8. All contacts, Lobbyist activities and contributions must be fully disclosed and made public as to source. (this to apply as well to any Political Action Committee irregardless of their purported lack of affilliation with any political party or candidate or elected public official.
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.
8. All contacts, Lobbyist activities and contributions must be fully disclosed and made public as to source. (this to apply as well to any Political Action Committee irregardless of their purported lack of affilliation with any political party or candidate or elected public official.
Why is this important?
Whatever your political beliefs, if you believe there is something wrong in America today, this applies to you.
It isn't about Republicans, Democrats, Tea Partiers, Conservatives, liberals or individual candidates of whatever political belief or persuasion. Wake up America! Congress itself is broken. It no longer represents the interests of all the people. The system itself has become corrupted infecting all who are a part of it. They are rushing us to third world status draining our jobs and our wealth. Refusing to fairly tax the few beneficiaries of their largess and enriching themselves in the process. What else can explain the Bogus Supreme Court Citizens United decision declaring Corporations are PEOPLE and can make unlimited contributions to politicians. going unchallenged and uncorrected in congress???
This an action whose time has come. If you believe congress is not and should not be a ruling elite answerable only to corporate lobbyists and the super rich 1% who own most of the wealth, act on this. 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.
I'm asking each of you to ACT NOW. Sign the Petition.
It isn't about Republicans, Democrats, Tea Partiers, Conservatives, liberals or individual candidates of whatever political belief or persuasion. Wake up America! Congress itself is broken. It no longer represents the interests of all the people. The system itself has become corrupted infecting all who are a part of it. They are rushing us to third world status draining our jobs and our wealth. Refusing to fairly tax the few beneficiaries of their largess and enriching themselves in the process. What else can explain the Bogus Supreme Court Citizens United decision declaring Corporations are PEOPLE and can make unlimited contributions to politicians. going unchallenged and uncorrected in congress???
This an action whose time has come. If you believe congress is not and should not be a ruling elite answerable only to corporate lobbyists and the super rich 1% who own most of the wealth, act on this. 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.
I'm asking each of you to ACT NOW. Sign the Petition.