limits - ACTION - Command Center2024-03-28T13:33:39Zhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/limitsNew Rules for Congresshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/new-rules-for-congress2010-10-26T20:30:00.000Z2010-10-26T20:30:00.000ZTimothy Bridghamhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/TimothyBridgham<div><strong>1. Term Limits.</strong> <strong>12 years only, one of the possible options below..</strong><p></p><p><strong>A. Two Six-year Senate terms <br /> B. Six Two-year House terms <br /> C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms</strong></p><p><strong>2. No Tenure / No Pension.</strong></p><p><strong>A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.</strong></p><p><strong>3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security..</strong></p><strong>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.</strong><p><strong>4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do</strong></p><p><strong>5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.</strong></p><p><strong>6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.</strong></p><p><strong>7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.</strong></p><p><strong>8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/11.</strong></p><p><strong>The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves</strong></p><p><strong>Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.</strong></p><p><strong>If you agree with the above, pass it on. If not, disregard and stop bitching.</strong></p></div>Rajjpuut's Folly: Restoring Congressional Integrity for 2011 and Beyondhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/rajjpuuts-folly-restoring2010-07-21T02:19:51.000Z2010-07-21T02:19:51.000ZBob VanDeHeyhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BobVanDeHey<div><p><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-size:7.5pt;">osted by Rajjpuut's Folly on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 8:20:22 PM</span></p><div style="line-height:12pt;margin:0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div style="line-height:200%;text-indent:.5in;margin:0in 0in 12pt;"><strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;">Hopefully, the next congress and all the congresses to come will reinstitute integrity into the House and Senate. <span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;">Over the years Rajjpuut has received numerous e-mails dealing with the subject of congressional term limits.</span> <span style="color:#0000FF;">The last suggestions were pretty decent . . . so with a few deft adjustments, here is Rajjpuut’s . . . .</span></span></strong></div><div style="line-height:200%;margin:0in 0in 12pt;"></div><div style="text-align:center;line-height:200%;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;background:#FFFF00;color:#008000;font-size:18pt;">Term Limits and Political Reform Act**</span></strong> <b><span style="line-height:200%;background:#FFFF00;color:#008000;font-size:18pt;"><br /><strong>for 2011</strong></span></b></div><div style="line-height:200%;margin:0in 0in 12pt;"><b><span style="color:#00007f;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></b><strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;">I. <span id="lw_1279669455_6">Term Limits</span>:</span></strong></div><div style="line-height:200%;margin:0in 0in 12pt;"><strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;">President ten years maximum (for example: maximum two years during the term of a deceased president + two full four-year presidential terms.</span></strong></div><div style="line-height:200%;margin:0in 0in 12pt;"><strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;">Congress twelve years maximum, for example:</span></strong></div><div style="line-height:200%;margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color:#00007f;"><br /></span></b><strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;">A. Two Six-year Senate terms</span></strong><b><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;"><br /><strong>B. Six Two-year House terms</strong><br /><strong>C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms</strong></span></b></div><div style="line-height:200%;margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;">D. Some other combination</span></strong><span style="color:#00007f;"><br /></span> <span style="color:#00007f;"><br /></span><strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;">2. No Tenure / No Pension for most politicians.</span></strong> <b><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;"><br /><strong>A Congressman collects a salary only while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office except those serving a full dozen years who would get a pension the equivalent of 1/20 of what a 20 year congressman now receives.</strong></span></b><span style="color:#00007f;"><br /><br /></span><strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;">3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in <span id="lw_1279669455_7">Social Security</span>. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the <span id="lw_1279669455_8">Social Security system</span> immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the <span id="lw_1279669455_9">American people. In the case of the 12-year congressmen, they are entitled to double-dip.</span></span></strong><span style="color:#00007f;"><br /></span> <span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;"><br /><strong>4. Congress can purchase their own <span id="lw_1279669455_10">retirement plan, just as all Americans do.</span></strong></span><span style="color:#00007f;"><br /><br /></span><strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;">5. Congress will no longer be allowed to vote itself a pay raise. During inflationary years (they create inflation) congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI</span></strong> <strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;">increase or +2% deviation<span style="color:#0000FF;">.</span></span></strong><span style="color:#00007f;"><br /><br /></span> <span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;"><strong>6. Congress loses their <span id="lw_1279669455_11">current health care system and participates in the same <span style="background-attachment:scroll;" id="lw_1279669455_12">health care system</span> as the American people.</span></strong></span><b><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#00007f;"><br /></span></b><strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;">7. Congress must abide by all laws they impose on the American people.</span></strong><b><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#00007f;"><br /> </span></b> <b><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></b><strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;">8. All contracts</span></strong> <strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;">(including pensions) <span style="color:#0000FF;">with past and present Congressmen are null and void effective 1/1/12. <span style="background-attachment:scroll;" id="lw_1279669455_13">The American people</span> did not make these contracts with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves</span> therefore they are against the spirit of the Constitution.</span></strong></div><div style="line-height:200%;margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;">9. On the positive side, the congress will have much more time off and time to visit with their constituents because, while true “emergency” sessions can be called, the congress will meet for only 90 days each year and be a part-time entity much like the original design of a part-time legislature by the Founding Fathers.</span></strong> <b><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#00007f;"><br /></span></b><strong><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#008000;">Ya'll live long, strong and ornery,</span></strong><b><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#008000;"><br /><br /><strong>Rajjpuut</strong></span></b><b><span style="background:#FFFF00;color:#00007f;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="line-height:200%;background:#FFFF00;color:#00007f;font-size:16pt;"><br /></span></b><strong><span style="line-height:200%;background:#FFFF00;color:#0000FF;font-size:10pt;">**Actually Rajjpuut would prefer that a constitutional amendment be pass</span></strong><strong><span style="line-height:200%;background:#FFFF00;font-size:10pt;">ed, if necessary by petitions within the American people, if the congress hasn’t the integrity to do it by itself (and require ratification by the American people).</span></strong></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;"><span style="color:#0000FF;"><a href="http://rajjpuutsfolly.blogtownhall.com/?tag=part-time%20legislature"></a></span></span></div></div>Term Limits?https://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/term-limits2010-02-10T04:52:39.000Z2010-02-10T04:52:39.000ZBrandon Farrishttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BrandonFarris<div><font size="2"></font><p><font size="2">Hi Everyone,</font></p><p></p><p><font size="2">I just joined up a few minutes ago so I’m new to the TeaParty.org website. The main reason that I have joined up is because I would like to see this movement force the House and Senate to pass term limits. Has this been discussed in detail on here, and if so, what’s the consensus? I’m for two terms in the Senate and Five in the House.... What say you? I think this is a vital step in getting rid of the career politicians.</font></p><p></p><p><font size="2">Brandon</font></p></div>