The Congressional Reform Act???

Perhaps you've received some e-mails on the suggested "Congressional Reform Act" (of 2011 and 2012) supposedly authored and initiated by Mr. Warren Buffet.   When I first received it...I was furious about these supposed congressional injustices.   Read on...

1. No Tenure / No Pension.

"A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office."

2. Congress (past, present & 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.   It may not be used for any other purpose."

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.

Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 1/1/12.

"The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women."

"Congressmen/women 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."

Postscript:
Doesn't this sound great?   Let's get them!   Then I calmed down and decided to google "The Congressional Reform Act" and learned that all these accusations were not true.

But what is true still pisses me off especially given the f**ked up state of Congress.   They're at an impass on almost everything.   It's not about what's good for America...it about what's good for their party...especially the right wing and their teabagger supporters!