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Thursday, September 20, 2012

This isn't particularly theological but I totally agree...


Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about 
   the debt ceiling:                                                                    
                                                                                        
   "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just                      
   pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more                         
   than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible                       
   for re-election.                                                                     
                                                                                        
   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 one (1) year                
   or less to become the law of the land - all because of public pressure.              
                                                                                        
   Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to                      
   a minimum of twenty people on their 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.                                                                              
                                                                                        
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   Congressional Reform Act of 2012                                                     
                                                                                        
   1. No Tenure / No Pension.                                                           
                                                                                        
   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.                                              
                                                                                        
   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. Don't you think it's time?                                              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
   THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!   

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