I saw something I thought was interesting about a proposed Constitutional
convention that among other things would require Congress to live by the
same laws it imposes on us.  Since you'd never get that passed through
Congress, you'd need the never before used Constitutional convention to even
hope for such a thing.  Here it is.


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, before e-mail, before 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 you
to forward this email to a minimum of fifteen people on your address list;
in turn ask each of those to do likewise. In three days, most people in The
United States of America will have the message. This is one  idea that
really should be passed around. Congressional Reform Act of 2011
1. Term Limits.
12 years only, one of the possible options below. A. Two Six-year Senate
terms B. Six Two-year House terms C. One Six-year Senate term and three
Two-Year House terms
2.  No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office
and receives no pay when they are out of office.
3.  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.
4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans
do.
5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.  Congressional pay
will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the
same health care system as the American people.
7. Congress  must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American
people.
8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective
1/1/11. The American people did not make the current contract with members
of Congress. 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 twenty people
then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive
the message. MUCH  OF WHAT WE FACE IN TERMS OF PRIVILEGE AND SELFISHNESS IN
THIS COUNTRY MIGHT BEST BE CHANGED STARTING FROM THE TOP DOWN. If you agree
with the above, pass it on. You are one of my 15.  I INVITE YOU TO KEEP IT
GOING. WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE -- THANKS!