Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people

[desrt]

_*Congressional Reform Act of 2011*_

1. No Tenure / No Pension.

A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no
pay when they're 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/women are void
effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this
contract with Congressmen/women.

Congressmen/women 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.

[orphanedhawk]

The first time I received this email, I liked it and forwarded it on.
When it showed up a few months later, the little brain kicked in and I googled it.
Then it showed up again, just a few weeks ago.

Like mushrooms, it just keeps popping up.

[brice1967]

Hoax or not, I like the idea.  Some how, some way, we have to do something to reel these folks in.  I have a hard time looking into the eyes of any of these people and not seeing a hollow head.  They are often one tracked and the majority of us are not on that track.

Politics is a crap shoot these days.  We really do not know what we are going to get and we understand less about what and who we are paying for.  

Somebody a while back on this board made mention of "voting for the person who is likely to do the least damage".  I understand that thinking but cannot believe it has come to this and I guess that is what I was doing starting with voting for Clinton.  Quayle???  No thanks, I'll throw Clinton a vote and clinch my teeth.

[desrt]

Thank you OH. I'm not surprised as many of the things that particular family member forwards to me are on about the same level. I should have checked it myself first.
Still, despite the factual inaccuracies pointed out by your link, I think this speaks to the growing frusration among people and the perception that America is shifting more and more to a 'ruling class' who manipulate the fears and prejudices of the many to stay in power, and a 'consuming class' satisfied to vote themselves 'bread and circuses'.
Hope you're doing well. Take care.

[teko]

Figures! The first thing I have read in a while that I agree with and its a freaking hoax! grrr

[adgal]

Kind of looks like a good idea though, don't you think?

[orphanedhawk]

This is a hoax.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/congressional-reform-act-2011.htm