Changing Congress.

I received this email. What do you think? Forward this on, if you feel this is something to be addressed, or add what you know related to this subject. Personally, it seems to make good points, but I am open to hearing what other people know about this. Many times, we take what we hear as "The Truth". Yet is it? It seems what is said here about Congress, what they do and what we can do as citizens may be true.

Here you go:

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.

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.