Warren Buffett, in a   recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt   ceiling:
         
          "I could end the   deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a  law   that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of  GDP, all   sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.
   
           The 26th   amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months   & 8 days to be ratified!  Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That   was in 1971 - before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc.
          
           Of the 27   amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year   or less to become the law of the land - all because of public   pressure.
            
           Warren Buffet   is 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.   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   12/1/12.
  The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.

   
           Congress 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.  Don't you think it's   time?

           THIS   IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!
 
           If you agree,   pass it on. If not, delete.
           You are one of   my 20+ - Please keep it going, and thanks