A Simple Idea For Change

In most of these blogs, I try to be analytical and non-emotional in explaining how we need to take action to fix the ills facing the country today. However, every once in a while it is good to get a little passionate and today is that day. The paragraphs listed below are from an email I recently received from a relative. The origin of the email is unknown since no one takes credit for the contents. The author's plan is to circulate the contents of the email to as many people as possible in order to start changing the political forces in this country in a nonpartisan way and to start with next year's Congressional elections. The call for change is to do it peacefully and within the framework of the Constitution. I think that you may be able identify with the passion of author and his or her disgust with the way this country and it's citizens are being treated by the political class:

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All I ask is that you consider the suggestion here. The entire Congress of the United States is corrupt. And I mean both Houses and I mean both major parties. I realize that a few Members of each House are trustworthy, but, as a group they are absolutely the most corrupt bunch to ever disgrace our Nation.

In November of 2010 the entire House of Representatives will stand for re-election; all 435 of them. One third of the Senate, a total of 33 of them, will also stand for re-election. Vote every incumbent out.

And I mean every one of them. No matter their Party affiliation. Let's start all over in the House of Representatives with 435 people who have absolutely no experience in running that body, with no political favors owed to anyone but their own constituents. Let's make them understand that they work for us. They are answerable to us and they simply have to run that body with some common sense.

Two years later, in 2012, vote the next third of the incumbents in the Senate out. We can do the same thing in 2014 and, by that time we will have put all new people in that body as well.
We, the People, have got to take this Country back and we have to do it peacefully.

That's what the Framers of our Constitution envisioned. I am also suggesting term limits on the members of the House Of Representatives - eight years maximum and twelve years/two terms for Senators. No exceptions, the longer they stay in office the more power they get. They love it and will do anything to get re-elected. We have term limits for Presidents, now let’s term limit Congress.

And we do away with their Special Retirement system and their health program (they should have same health programs everyone else in America does). When they are through serving their country they go back to being private citizens. They should view their service as a privilege; after all it was designed to be a part time job to represent the voice of the people, NOT the special interest groups and those who can do favors for them. If they don't like this proposal then don't run for office

Please, if you love this Country, send this (as I have done) to absolutely everyone whose email address appears in your address book. This thing can permeate this Country in no time. Let's make it happen.
VOTE THE POWER ABUSERS OUT........LET'S TAKE AMERICA BACK ! IF YOU LIKE THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING IN OUR COUNTRY, THEN DO NOTHING...

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Is this an analytical approach? No but I think it typifies the underlying uneasiness that exists in this country today. The promise of change from President Obama has not materialized and it does not look like it will. Entrenched politicians and the lobbyists in D.C. do not want any changes, even for the good of the country. Lack of leadership from the President, as illustrated many times in this blog, has not helped upset the special interest groups. Our overseas military comitments are expanding, just like under Bush, our Federal budget deficits are exploding even more so than under Bush, wasteful, trivial spending programs and earmarks are just as high as under Bush, public schooling continues to fail as under Bush, drug addiction continues unabated as under Bush, gay rights is just a phrase as it was under Bush, health care costs continue to escalate as under Bush (and will go much higher under the current proposed legislation), etc. Nothing has changed for the better and this author wants to make a difference, peacefully and legally.

These suggestions for change are very consistent with a number of steps proposed in "Love My Country, Loathe My Government":

• Step 6 - allow only individual Americans to contribute to politcial campaigns to address the corruption issue the author raises.
• Step 8 - strengthen the Federal Elections Commission to also address the corruption issue.
• Step 14 - fix the Congressional districting process which almost always a guarantees the re-election of incumbents.
• Step 37 - make Congressional pay raises conditional based on performance, not automatic as the currently are.
• Step 39 - the most important step of all, institute term limits.

Feel free to take this author's suggestions to heart and spread the word if you agree. It's a simple plea but possibly the only way left to truly change the negative direction of the country.

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