Monday, November 05, 2007
Changes
How many times have we elected an individual to represent us in DC, who at the time was just a semi ordinary person. Only to watch them becomes MILLIONAIRES on our dime! Then whose interests do they represent?
Since Americans seem to be on a roll for wanting to change things in DC, I thought I'd put my two cents in.
1. Instead of posh million dollar second homes in DC. I suggest GOVERNMENT BARRACKS and dining facilities where members of both parties have to live together, share bathrooms, eat together, and strict policies of NO LOBBYISTS after 9:00 pm.
2. Instead of nearly $200,000 a year salaries and socialized health care plans and yearly cost of living increases, and full salary retirement give them: AVERAGE SALARIES of the state they represent, average salary increases of their state's constituents, Health Care like we get from our employers, and 401K for retirement to supplement their SOCIAL SECURITY. The pay checks STOP when they break the law or , get voted out.
3. PUBLIC FINANCING period. No lobbyist dollars from ANYONE! No lavish LOBBYIST TRIPS and GIFT allowed! No lobbyist fund raising lunches or dinners. All EARMARKS will be UP FRONT and the name of the person requesting them will be OPEN PUBLIC INFORMATION! NO "LOOP HOLES"!
4. DURING WAR TIME members stay in DC without going home every weekend and adhere to the same "TOURS of DEPLOYMENT" lengths as our US Military soldiers!
These are just some of the changes, we all know the list could go on and on. I want people in Washington DC who WANT to SERVE for the sake of serving, (like our military does) not as a way to get put on the fast track to becoming a millionaire while they do virtually nothing for us!
And one more thing. I would like to have a two week period each year (August) where WE THE PEOPLE can if we choose to, go to DC, and have EACH AND EVERY elected member be present on the floor of the House, and where WE THE PEOPLE could ASK the QUESTIONS in a NATION WIDE PUBLIC FORUM! LIVE on CSPAN! NO middleman.
The only thing that the American people from both parties seem to be able to agree on about our government is THAT IT IS BROKEN! Well then let us embrace this common ground BUILD on THIS and BRING ABOUT THE CHANGE that only WE THE PEOPLE have the POWER TO DO!
PEACE !
bowncr1212
now if we could only find a way to SCARE THEM WITH OUTSOURCING their JOB TOO!
Since Americans seem to be on a roll for wanting to change things in DC, I thought I'd put my two cents in.
1. Instead of posh million dollar second homes in DC. I suggest GOVERNMENT BARRACKS and dining facilities where members of both parties have to live together, share bathrooms, eat together, and strict policies of NO LOBBYISTS after 9:00 pm.
2. Instead of nearly $200,000 a year salaries and socialized health care plans and yearly cost of living increases, and full salary retirement give them: AVERAGE SALARIES of the state they represent, average salary increases of their state's constituents, Health Care like we get from our employers, and 401K for retirement to supplement their SOCIAL SECURITY. The pay checks STOP when they break the law or , get voted out.
3. PUBLIC FINANCING period. No lobbyist dollars from ANYONE! No lavish LOBBYIST TRIPS and GIFT allowed! No lobbyist fund raising lunches or dinners. All EARMARKS will be UP FRONT and the name of the person requesting them will be OPEN PUBLIC INFORMATION! NO "LOOP HOLES"!
4. DURING WAR TIME members stay in DC without going home every weekend and adhere to the same "TOURS of DEPLOYMENT" lengths as our US Military soldiers!
These are just some of the changes, we all know the list could go on and on. I want people in Washington DC who WANT to SERVE for the sake of serving, (like our military does) not as a way to get put on the fast track to becoming a millionaire while they do virtually nothing for us!
And one more thing. I would like to have a two week period each year (August) where WE THE PEOPLE can if we choose to, go to DC, and have EACH AND EVERY elected member be present on the floor of the House, and where WE THE PEOPLE could ASK the QUESTIONS in a NATION WIDE PUBLIC FORUM! LIVE on CSPAN! NO middleman.
The only thing that the American people from both parties seem to be able to agree on about our government is THAT IT IS BROKEN! Well then let us embrace this common ground BUILD on THIS and BRING ABOUT THE CHANGE that only WE THE PEOPLE have the POWER TO DO!
PEACE !
bowncr1212
now if we could only find a way to SCARE THEM WITH OUTSOURCING their JOB TOO!
