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When a company falls on
difficult times, one of
the things that seems to
happen is they reduce
their staff and workers.
The remaining workers
must find ways to
continue to do a good
job or risk that their
job would be eliminated
as well.
Wall street and the
media normally
congratulate the CEO for
making this type of
"tough decision", and
the board of directors
gives upper corporate
management big bonuses..
Our government should
not be immune from
similar risks.
Therefore:
Reduce the House of
Representatives from the
current 435 members
to 218 members.
Reduce Senate members
from 100 to 50(one
per State). Then, reduce
their remaining staff by
25%.
Accomplish this over the
next 8 years (two
steps/two elections) and
of course this would
require some
redistricting.
Some Yearly Monetary
Gains Include:
$44,108,400
for elimination of base
pay for congress. (267
members X $165,200
pay/member/ yr.)
$437,100,000 for
elimination of their
staff. (Estimate $1.3
Million in staff per
each member of the
House, and $3 Million in
staff per each member of
the Senate every year)
$108,350,000 for
the reduction in
remaining staff by 25%.
$7,500,000,000reduction
in pork barrel earmarks
each year. (Those
members whose jobs are
gone. Current estimates
for total government
pork earmarks are at$15
Billion/yr).
The remaining
representatives would
need to work
smarter and improve
efficiencies..It might
even be in
their best interests to
work together for the
good of our country!
We may also expect that
smaller committees might
lead to a more efficient
resolution of issues as
well.
It might even be easier
to keep track of what
your representative is
doing.
Congress has more tools
available to do their
jobs than it had back in
1911 when the current
number of
representatives was
established. (Telephone,
computers, cell phones
to name a few)
Note:
Congress does not
hesitate to head home
for extended weekends,
holidays and recesses,
when what the nation
needs is a real fix for
economic problems. Also,
we had 3 senators who
were not doing their
jobs for the 18+ months
(on the campaign trail)
and still they all
accepted full pay.
Minnesota survived very
well with only one
senator for the first
half of this year. These
facts alone support a
reduction in senators
and congress.
Summary of
opportunity:
$44,108,400 reduction of
congress members.
$282,100,000 for
elimination of the
reduced house member
staff.
$150,000,000 for
elimination of reduced
senate member staff.
$70,850,000 for 25%
reduction of staff for
remaining house members.
$37,500,000 for 25%
reduction of staff for
remaining senate
members.
$7,500,000,000 reduction
in pork added to bills
by the reduction of
congress members.
$8,084,558,400 per year,
estimated total savings.
(That's 8-BILLION just
to start!)
Corporate America does
these
types of cuts all the
time.
There's even a name for
it.
"Downsizing."
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Also, if Congresspersons
were required to serve
20, 25 or 30 years (like
everyone else) in order
to collect retirement
benefits, taxpayers
could save a bundle.
Now they get full
retirement after serving
only
ONE
term.
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Otherwise, it's time to
"downsize" Congress
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Please consider
forwarding, if you
agree.
The 26th amendment
(granting the right to
vote for 18 year-olds)
took only 3 months and 8
days to be ratified!
Why? Simple! The people
demanded it. That was in
1971...before computers,
before e-mail, before
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.
Each addressee is asked
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 2012
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
2. No Tenure /
No Pension.
A Congressman collects a
salary while in office
and receives no paywhen
they are out of office.
3. Congress (past
, present and 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.
4. Congress can purchase
their own retirement
plan, just as all
Americans do.
5. Congress will no
longer vote themselves a
pay raise. Congressional
pay will rise by the
lower of CPI or 3%.
6. Congress loses their
current health care
system and participates
in the same health care
system as the American
people.
7. Congress must equally
abide by all laws they
impose on the American
people.
8. All contracts with
past and present
Congressmen are void
effective 1/1/13.
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..
LET'S FIX CONGRESS!!!!!
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