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Author Topic: Happy New Year & New Amendment  (Read 6596 times)

Offline mike p

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Happy New Year & New Amendment
« on: December 31, 2009, 06:17:05 AM »
> For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that Congressmembers could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they didn't pay into Social Security, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform that is being considered...in all of its' forms. Somehow, that doesn't seem logical. We do not have an elite that is above the law. I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. The self-serving must stop. This is a good way to do that. It is an idea whose time has come.
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> Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:
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> "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States".
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> Each person contact a minimum of Twenty people on their Address list, in turn ask each of those to do likewise.
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> Then in three days, all people in The United States of America will have the Message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.
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Re: Happy New Year & New Amendment
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2009, 08:40:58 AM »
Amen to that.  Unfortunatly until we clean house of all the bumms and start fresh we are doomed. 
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Re: Happy New Year & New Amendment
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2009, 12:58:43 PM »
Maybe term limits could be set up!  One in Congress and one in jail?

We just had a law suit filed against a state congress person for taking a job she created while acting as a congress person.  Violation of State Constitution.

And I see 13 state Attory Generals are threatening a Constitutional challage over the Nebraska Kickback.

Amongst many problems is the states have given up their roll in the checks and balances of the Federal gov't. 
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Re: Happy New Year & New Amendment
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2009, 02:07:52 PM »
Its become a self serving comingled enterprise >:(
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Re: Happy New Year & New Amendment
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2009, 06:56:52 PM »

 It's all controlled by FEDS. They mandate this crap, and, if the States don't comply, money flow gets squeezed to the States.

  IF ANY GOOD ??? Attorney, had the balls to take the US GOVT- Greedy people to court, for passing laws that were in DIRECT violation of the ORIGINAL Constitution, and then put the violators in PRISON, after confiscating their ill-gotten gains, and putting THOSE proceeds back INTO the Treasury, I DO believe the Political situation would get cleaned up PRONTO ???