To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate
Incompetent Congress
Congressional Reform Act of 2013
1. No Tenure / No Pension / Term Limits On Length of Service.
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 1/1/13. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women. Congress made all these contracts for themselves.
8. Send the consultants and lobbyists packing. If Congress people are not smart or ambitious enough to govern on their own, they shouldn't have sought office to begin with.
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.
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: "Congress shall
make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply
equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law
that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to
the citizens of the United States ."
Why is this important?
Congress passed the fewest number of bills in the history of the Congress in 2012. And their popularity amongst the American people is below 10%. And to cap it off, another die-hard dysfunctional display of childishness and immaturity over the fiscall cliff. No one in Congress cares about America; they only care about their political career. Therefore, in order to get their attention, we need some major pay and benefit changes.