Congressional Reform a la Warren Buffett: Do YOU Want to Pass This On?

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Mardy Ross
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Have you gotten an email about Congress per Warren Buffett's suggestions? I have, from TWO sources who provide info. behind the scenes for Lumigrate. I figured I'd see what could happen with the power of Lumigrate and our marketing on Facebook and Twitter to spread the message about this.  PLEASE Copy and paste this link and SHARE, Tweet, etc. and see how many people this can reach! 


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 1 year or  less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.
 
Per the email that is going around, 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.
 
*Congressional Reform Act of 2011*
1. No Tenure / No Pension.  A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are 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 are void effective 1/1/12.
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, 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. Maybe it is time.
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!  If  you agree with the above, pass it on. 
If not, just delete. You  are one of my 20. Please keep it going.
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