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<blockquote data-quote="upsgrunt" data-source="post: 1080769" data-attributes="member: 9295"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Here's a quick 8+ Billion a year that could be saved.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Granted, some of these ideas are rather radical, but perhaps some radical changes are exactly what is needed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>When a company falls on difficult times, one of the things that seems to happen is they reduce their staff and workers. The remaining workers must find ways to continue to do a good job or risk that their job would be eliminated as well. <br /> <br /> Wall street and the media normally congratulate the CEO for making this type of "tough decision".</strong></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><br /> Our government should not be immune from similar risks.</span></strong><strong><br /> <br /> Therefore: <br /> <br /> Reduce the House of Representatives from the current <u>435 members to 218members.</u></strong><strong><br /> Reduce Senate members from <u>100 to 50</u> (one per State). Then, reduce their remaining staff by 25%.<br /> <br /> Accomplish this over the next 8 years (two steps/two elections) and of course this would require some redistricting.</strong><strong><span style="color: #3f621f"><br /> <br /> Some Yearly Monetary Gains Include:<br /> <br /> $44,108,400</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #f52b97"> for elimination of base pay for congress. (267 members X $165,200 pay/member/yr.)</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #3f621f"><br /> <br /> $437,100,000</span></strong><strong> for elimination of their staff. (Estimate $1.3 Million in staff per each member of the House, and $3 Million in staff per each member of the Senate every year)</strong><strong><span style="color: #3f621f"><br /> <br /> $108,350,000</span></strong><strong> for the reduction in remaining staff by 25%. </strong><strong><span style="color: #3f621f"><br /> <br /> $7,500,000,000</span></strong><strong>reduction in pork barrel earmarks each year. (Those members whose jobs are gone. Current estimates for total government pork earmarks are at </strong><strong><span style="color: red">$15 Billion/yr</span></strong><strong>). </strong><strong><span style="color: #004080"><br /> <br /> The remaining representatives would need to work smarter and improve</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #004080">efficiencies.</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #004080">It might even be in</span></strong><strong><span style="color: maroon">their best interests to work together for the good of our country!</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #004080"><br /> <br /> We may also expect that smaller committees might lead to a more efficient resolution of issues as well. It might even be easier to keep track of what your representative is doing.</span></strong><strong><br /> <br /> Congress has more tools available to do their jobs than it had back in 1911 when the current number of representatives was established. (Telephone, computers, cell phones to name a few)<br /> <br /> Note:</strong><strong><span style="color: #001fe2"><br /> Congress does not hesitate to head home for extended weekends, holidays and recesses, when what the nation needs is a real fix for economic problems. Also, we had 3 senators who</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #001fe2">were not doing their jobs for the 18+ months (on the campaign trail) and still they all accepted full pay. Minnesota survived very well with only one senator for the first half of this year. These facts alone support a reduction in senators and congress. </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #3f621f"><br /> <br /> Summary of</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #3f621f">opportunity:</span></strong><strong><br /> <br /> $44,108,400 reduction of congress members.<br /> <br /> $282,100,000 for elimination of the reduced house member staff.</strong><strong><br /> <br /> $150,000,000 for elimination of reduced senate member staff.</strong><strong><br /> <br /> $70,850,000 for 25% reduction of staff for remaining house members.</strong><strong><br /> <br /> $37,500,000 for 25% reduction of staff for remaining senate members.</strong><strong><br /> <br /> $7,500,000,000 reduction in pork added to bills by the reduction of congress members. </strong><strong><br /> <br /> $8,084,558,400 per year, estimated total savings. (That's 8-BILLION just to start!)<br /> <br /> Corporate America does these types of cuts all the time.<br /> There's even a name for it.</strong><strong><br /> "Downsizing."<br /> ------------------------------<br /> Also, if Congress persons were required to serve 20, 25 or 30 years (like everyone else) in order to collect retirement benefits, taxpayers could save a bundle. </strong><strong>Now they get full retirement after serving only ONE term. </strong><strong><br /> ----------------------------------------</strong><strong><br /> <br /> IF you are happy with how Washington spends our taxes, delete this message.<br /> Otherwise, it's time to "downsize" Congress.</strong><strong>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- </strong><strong><em><br /> Please consider forwarding. </em></strong><strong><br /> <br /> I have cleaned this eMail of all other names, By copying and pasting it, I'm sending it to you in hopes that you will keep it going and keep it clean. This is something I believe in and I hope you all read it all the way through. <br /> <br /> The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months and 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971 ...before computers, before eMail, before cell phones, etc.. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> I'm 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. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> Congressional Reform Act of 2012 <br /> <br /> 1. Term Limits. 12 years only, one of the possible options below..<br /> <br /> A. Two Six-year Senate terms <br /> B. Six Two-year House terms <br /> C.One</strong><strong>Six-year Senate term and</strong></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">three Two-Year House terms <br /> <br /> 2. No Tenure / No Pension. <br /> <br /> A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office. <br /> <br /> 3. Congress (past, present and future) participates in Social Security. <br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.</span></strong></span></p> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">5. Congress will no longer get automatic pay raises. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. </span></span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people. </span></span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people. </span></span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/13. </span></span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. </span></span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">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. </span></span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Maybe it is time.</span></span></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></strong></span><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span 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[QUOTE="upsgrunt, post: 1080769, member: 9295"] [SIZE=2]Here's a quick 8+ Billion a year that could be saved. Granted, some of these ideas are rather radical, but perhaps some radical changes are exactly what is needed. [/SIZE][TABLE="width: 670"] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD="bgcolor: #E9D2A9"][TABLE] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][CENTER][SIZE=2][B]When a company falls on difficult times, one of the things that seems to happen is they reduce their staff and workers. The remaining workers must find ways to continue to do a good job or risk that their job would be eliminated as well. Wall street and the media normally congratulate the CEO for making this type of "tough decision".[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][B][FONT=Times New Roman] Our government should not be immune from similar risks.[/FONT][/B][B] Therefore: Reduce the House of Representatives from the current [U]435 members to 218members.[/U][/B][B] Reduce Senate members from [U]100 to 50[/U] (one per State). Then, reduce their remaining staff by 25%. Accomplish this over the next 8 years (two steps/two elections) and of course this would require some redistricting.[/B][B][COLOR=#3f621f] Some Yearly Monetary Gains Include: $44,108,400[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#f52b97] for elimination of base pay for congress. (267 members X $165,200 pay/member/yr.)[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#3f621f] $437,100,000[/COLOR][/B][B] for elimination of their staff. (Estimate $1.3 Million in staff per each member of the House, and $3 Million in staff per each member of the Senate every year)[/B][B][COLOR=#3f621f] $108,350,000[/COLOR][/B][B] for the reduction in remaining staff by 25%. [/B][B][COLOR=#3f621f] $7,500,000,000[/COLOR][/B][B]reduction in pork barrel earmarks each year. (Those members whose jobs are gone. Current estimates for total government pork earmarks are at [/B][B][COLOR=red]$15 Billion/yr[/COLOR][/B][B]). [/B][B][COLOR=#004080] The remaining representatives would need to work smarter and improve[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#004080]efficiencies.[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#004080]It might even be in[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=maroon]their best interests to work together for the good of our country![/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#004080] We may also expect that smaller committees might lead to a more efficient resolution of issues as well. It might even be easier to keep track of what your representative is doing.[/COLOR][/B][B] Congress has more tools available to do their jobs than it had back in 1911 when the current number of representatives was established. (Telephone, computers, cell phones to name a few) Note:[/B][B][COLOR=#001fe2] Congress does not hesitate to head home for extended weekends, holidays and recesses, when what the nation needs is a real fix for economic problems. Also, we had 3 senators who[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#001fe2]were not doing their jobs for the 18+ months (on the campaign trail) and still they all accepted full pay. Minnesota survived very well with only one senator for the first half of this year. These facts alone support a reduction in senators and congress. [/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#3f621f] Summary of[/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#3f621f]opportunity:[/COLOR][/B][B] $44,108,400 reduction of congress members. $282,100,000 for elimination of the reduced house member staff.[/B][B] $150,000,000 for elimination of reduced senate member staff.[/B][B] $70,850,000 for 25% reduction of staff for remaining house members.[/B][B] $37,500,000 for 25% reduction of staff for remaining senate members.[/B][B] $7,500,000,000 reduction in pork added to bills by the reduction of congress members. [/B][B] $8,084,558,400 per year, estimated total savings. (That's 8-BILLION just to start!) Corporate America does these types of cuts all the time. There's even a name for it.[/B][B] "Downsizing." ------------------------------ Also, if Congress persons were required to serve 20, 25 or 30 years (like everyone else) in order to collect retirement benefits, taxpayers could save a bundle. [/B][B]Now they get full retirement after serving only ONE term. [/B][B] ----------------------------------------[/B][B] IF you are happy with how Washington spends our taxes, delete this message. Otherwise, it's time to "downsize" Congress.[/B][B]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [/B][B][I] Please consider forwarding. [/I][/B][B] I have cleaned this eMail of all other names, By copying and pasting it, I'm sending it to you in hopes that you will keep it going and keep it clean. This is something I believe in and I hope you all read it all the way through. The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months and 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971 ...before computers, before eMail, before 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. I'm 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 2012 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[/B][B]Six-year Senate term and[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][B][FONT=Times New Roman]three Two-Year House terms 2. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office. 3. Congress (past, present and 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. 4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.[/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][B][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]5. Congress will no longer get automatic pay raises. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. 6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people. 7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people. 8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/13. 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. If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. 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