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StackerKen
5th April 2010, 11:21 AM
My Sister emailed me this

Interesting thought! Hope you all do it!
This will take less than thirty seconds to read. If you agree, please pass it on.

An idea whose time has come

For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress 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.



Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution





"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."

JohnQPublic
5th April 2010, 11:33 AM
I've been thinking about a politics forum, and this is a good impetus to do it.

StackerKen
5th April 2010, 12:24 PM
thanks John Q

PDT
5th April 2010, 02:12 PM
It will never pass.

StackerKen
5th April 2010, 02:16 PM
It will never pass.


I don't know much about this stuff.
So I will ask.

Is there a way for voters to Bypass congress?
I mean, petition to get something on the ballot, then vote it into passing as law?

If not there should be.

Josey
5th April 2010, 04:49 PM
deleted ahahahaha