Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is from my friend Al Fisher. I signed it. Take a look. Robert Members of congress over the years have given themselves special entitlements that shield them from the realities that affect the lives of the rest of us. We need a constitutional amendment that will put our representatives back in the boat with the rest of us. So I created a petition to The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate, which says: "Amendment 28 to the US Constitution: 1. Members of Congress shall purchase with their own funds their own individual and family health and life insurance on the open market. No group rates. 2. Members of Congress shall fund their own retirement through a combination of a 401K and participation in Social Security. Their pay shall be subject to payroll tax like all the rest of us and the money in today's Congressional Retirement Fund shall be transferred to the Social Security Fund. 3. Members of Congress shall only be paid while holding office. 4. Congress may no longer control their own pay. Their pay shall be increased using the same formula used for Social Security Benefits. 5. Members of Congress may not exempt themselves from laws that apply to ordinary citizens and all such exemptions that exist today shall be immediately revoked. " Will you sign my petition? Click here to add your name: http://signon.org/sign/eliminate-congressional?source=c.fwd&r_by=179498 Thanks! Al