Congressional Reform Act of 2010

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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

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.

2. No Tenure or pension. A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

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.

3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system and Congress participates with the rest of the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators; server your term(s), then go home and back to work.

4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all other Americans.

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.

5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

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.

6. Congress looses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the rest of the American people.

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.

7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

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.

8. All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/2011. The American people did not make these contracts 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.

I don't see much to argue with and, unlike all the major legislation passed in 2009, it could be written up in a couple pages that every congresscritter could read and understand in a matter of minutes. Which is precisely why this will never happen. Read your history: Whenever politics becomes a spoils system, the result is fairly predictable. And unpleasant.

Meet the New Year, same as the Old Year (with humble apologies to The Who).