A good start for fixing Congress

[Scuba]

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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



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 when

they 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 retirement 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, serve 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 themselves 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, congressmen

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.





If you agree with the above, pass it on to all in your address list.

[Sherman A1]

1. Be careful with those term limit things

we have them in Missouri and I am not convinced they are the best thing.

We need public financing of elections. Each candidate is given a lump sum and that's what you get, no more... go make your case.

We need districts that are drawn more geographically and not to make safe ones for parties, make them real contests for ideas not party affiliations.

I do like the participate in Social Security thing, it would give them skin in the game and all laws they pass apply to them as well.

[Scuba]

2. All good point. Thanks. n/t

[Owlet]

3. Great ideas, but....

There's always a 'but', isn't there. Is a sitting Congress likely to enact a single one of these reforms? I think not. The other solution is reform from outside - the most likely vehicle being a Constitutional Convention. This process can cut both ways, of course.


Yes, I know it's an 'enemy' site, but the arguments for and against a con-con are valid