Everybody knows you cannot trust information you find on the internet or receive in emails. But, sometimes, it doesn't matter, because the idea is more important. I'm quoting from an email a honest friend sent me. While I don't know if Warren Buffett said this or not, the idea is more important than the facts.
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 any time 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
and 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 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 pass ed around.
Congressional
Reform Act of 2013
1.
No Re-election if over 3% Deficit
If
there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are
ineligible for re-election.
2.
No Tenure/ No Pension
A
Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no paywhen
they're out of office.
3
. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
All
funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Securitysystem
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.
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 participatesin 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/women are void effective
12/31/13.
The
American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.
Congress
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.
Don't
you think it's time?
