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What's your reaction to this (alleged) Warren Buffet plan?

Asked by syz (35938points) October 17th, 2011

This has been making it’s way around Facebook, and I have no idea if it’s legit. And while I appreciate the frustration that makes the tone and content somewhat attractive, I can’t help but think that it’s a bit of fantasy. So I’m asking those more politically (and Constitutionally) savvy than myself for comments:

END THE DEFICIT IN 5 MINUTES!

Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best
quotes about the debt ceiling: “I could end the deficit in 5 minutes,”
he told CNBC. “You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a
deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are
ineligible for re-election.”

The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took
only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded
it. That was in 1971…before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or
less to become the law of the land…all because of public pressure.
Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a
minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of
those to do likewise. In three days, most people in The United States
of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should
be passed around.

“CONGRESSIONAL REFORM ACT OF 2011”
1. No Tenure/No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are 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 are void effective 1/1/12. 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, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

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