How to Fix Congress

I just got this email forward and I must say, I think it is PERFECT. I am 1000% in support of this. Send this on to your friends and family as well! It's time to do something. Being in D.C. SHOULD NOT be a lifetime career. They forget what it's like to actually be an American citizen once they're there too long!

Congressional Reform Act of 2010

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

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

2. No Tenure/No Pension:

A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay he or she are out of office.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work...

3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:

All funds in the Congressional retire-ment fund moves to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, Congress participates with the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, server your term(s), then go home and back to work.

4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

5. Congress will no longer vote them-selves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

8. All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/11.

The American people did not make this contract with congressmen; congress-men made all these contracts for themselves.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

Thank You Congressman.

...I submitted a letter to Congressman X URGING him to vote against The Stimulus Bill in February, 2009.

On June 8, 2009 I received an automated email response telling me just how awesome this bill really is.

I immediately went to X's site and sent him a new letter (very similar to the one I wrote in April) under four different subject headers. Punk.

$93,000 To Congress Petty Cash

I'm getting ready to head to a Super Bowl party and not think about these things...but feel that this event should be duly noted.

So, I'm going to direct you to Wyatt Earp's blog...as a post has already been made about this...check out Support Your Local Gunfighter and be ready to be enraged!!! **UPDATE: February 3, 2009. While there has still been no mention of this $93,000 petty cash "raise" to Congress in the MSM (with the exception of Fox News), there are two Congress proposals out there with very little description. This petty cash allotment could very well fall under one of these (but who has the time to read the fine print of the 300+ page bill) or amendments to the bill?