Got this in an e-mail today and think it's just the kind of change we need! Also forwarded it in a letter to my representatives. What do you guys think?: 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. 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 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".
The idea is solid, but since they are the ones who would get to vote on it first, the likelihood of it ever coming to fruition is slightly greater then Osama Bin Laden and myself sitting down to a couple of beers over some pork chops.
True, but just maybe if there is a loud enough outcry from the voters something might happen. Even a blind squrriel finds a nut from time to time...:lol: