My idea is not new but would cut the deficit. How about we cut the lifetime pension benefit and the lifetime healthcare benefit for all elected officials and put them on the same footing as most Americans.
Why is this important?
An enormous amount of money is being spent to keep our elected officials living in style for life. No matter where I work, I can't get a pension for life for just serving a few years. I can't get top shelf life insurance for life for just serving a few years. And, they want to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Listening to these same elected officials repeat the same mantra about entitlement cuts without any cuts to benefits they have is just sickening. It's just not right.
