Congressional Reform - Tea Party Should Pursue

This proposition has made the rounds before. It should be a start to reform our governments on all levels,

Merle

Congressional Reform Act of 2013
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> 1. Term Limits.
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> 12 years only, one of the possible options below..
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> A. Two Six-year Senate terms
> B. Six Two-year House terms
> C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms
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> 2. No Tenure / No Pension.
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> A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay
> when they are out of office.
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> 3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
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> 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.
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> 4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all
> Americans do.
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> 5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional
> pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
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> 6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in
> the same health care system as the American people.
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> 7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American
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> 8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective
> 1/1/12.
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> The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen.
> Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.
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> 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.
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> 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.
> Maybe it is time.
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> THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!! If you agree with the above, pass it
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