PoorBoy's USA Constitution

…Poorboy

We are the Government.

The people that we elect to make representative decisions for us, and the people hired to perform tasks in the name of “The Government” are our neighbors that we, in essence, have hired. The elected persons may have an agenda of their own, but as representative servants of ours, that agenda should be secondary to the will of those selecting them. If during the selection process the candidates profess values or actions that when elected are not followed, or the actions are unexpected and contrary to what they represented to the electorate, then their actions are false and fraudulent.

For example, to state that jobs are a priority, and then to act on abortion, union killing legislation, and things like reaffirming the national motto,  while continuing to block any public action to address and solve issues, is tantamount  to fraud. Seeking political victories without regards to social successes removes the representative from the society that they were  selected to support, to the position of representing their own personal interests, goals, and successes.

We have given our support to professional con-(wo)men  to become larcenous cheats and thieves.

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This content is in an email that is floating around, and has some intriguing ideas. Congress has made itself a special interest elite. How about some equality here.

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 E-mail 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.

        *Congressional Reform Act of 2011*

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 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.

Congressmen/women 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.