Bonjour

Blogging?

I'm not much of a blogger... once every 2 or 3 years. Where does all the time go? I'm not actively learning Spanish any more... now that I'm married to a Quebecois. Maybe I'll try to update this more often.

Election day! Not a problem... I voted early. I was going to vote for "none of the above", but it wasn't listed anywhere. Where do you vote for congressional term limits?

Saw this elsewhere on the web:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/election-day-superpoll-share-your-opinion/9608?tag=nl.e539

Congressional Reform Act of 2010

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 pay when they are out of office.

3. 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.

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%, and then they may not do so in years in which Social Security recipients receive no increase.

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 1/1/11.

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, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

posted by Unknown @ 2:36 PM