they do every day. how many people do you know 5?


while your other points are in some way debatable this one is not. any American worth his breath should say no to that. It is an affront to checks and balances. it is the worst type of quick fix I have ever seen.

And this has absolutely nothing to do with there pension. your solution would only make them more dependent on lobbyist.

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Oh, course it is, dahling.

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You meet the same folks on the way up as you do on the way down.

Ouch.

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You meet the same folks on the way up as you do on the way down.

I am making post because I like talking about politics. I also happen to run a web site, does that mean I can't post?

Anyway, the 16th admendment was enacted so freed slaves could become citizens. No other reason was used.

Now, unless we have a bunch of freed slaves still running around, isn't it time that was amended AGAIN?

The Congree does get automatic pay raises. THEIR law put in place raises UNLESS they voted against it. So, if no one speaks up, they get a pay raise. That allows them to get a pay raise without having to vote one in.

Of course the line item veto is unconstitutional, which is why the constitution needs amended there too. Good lord, never assume everyone is as daft as those you oppose.

Argue the points, not the point maker.

Now back to the original post....

1. Dorm rooms for Congressmen and Senators.
- Instead of living high on the hog, Congressmen and Senators should live in a dorm room type building. Instead of hosting lavish parties for fundraisers, they can sit at their desks and ponder good public policies.

2. Minimum Wage for Congressmen and Senators.
- Since they will be living in public housing, it only makes sense to pay them no more than the minimum wage. And it will be based on how much time the house and senate are actually doing the people's work. No more getting elected and working 4 days a week for 2 hours a day.

3. Fundraising.
- Congressmen and Senators should only be allowed to fundraise in their own districts. They are there to do our business, not the business of a district across the country. If businesses want to contribute to a Congressmen or Senators campaign, fine. Just make sure you have an office in that district.

4. Term Limits.
- Won't need them if #1 and #2 are enacted. Who the hell wants to live in DC, in a dorm room and making minimum wage?


Don't most if not all of those make for much cleaner politics? Aren't most of them common sense?

And please, whatever the hell ya do, don't visit my site.

Damn....

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Many are, unless they are someday people.

30% do, which comes to about 90 million everyday people say "no" to that.

Yes, many everyday people do say that as well.

Actually, there are millions and millions of everyday american people that say these things. And there are millions and millions that say the other side.

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Set your destination with your heart, get there with your mind.

"The wisest men follow their own direction." - Euripides

XIVth amendment is what he said and that is the 14th amendment Does anyone know roman numerals anymore.

no

Well common since is subjective. It also is not effective. Governing hundreds of millions of people requires higher brain function.

people and there damn common sense arguments. I know to many common people to rely upon it.

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Amendment XIV

for your consideration.

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It Violates The constitution for a good reason. Why do people want so bad to give the president more power?

DID BUSH TEACH YOU NOTHING!!!

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Sorry, bud, you seemed pretty cool until you started calling all this stupid conservative stuff common sense.

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"Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states...Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."



~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I'm more moderate than anything to be up front about it.

I don't have an aversion to immigrants, but I guess I do have something against illegal immigrants. If we are just going to let everyone in that wants in, why do we have laws dictating how one gets into the country?

My family came from Germany and Ireland, but we came through the front door.

When did breaking a law become okay? I know we all break small laws every day, speeding and stop signs and stuff like that, but come on. Illegal means something doesn't it?

I find it sickening that american business says they are needed to work the jobs americans won't work. That is a cop out. No American will work for the sub standard wages being offered to the illegals. So american business needs the illegals to work for less huh?

Doesn't that anger anyone? Why should illegals, that are seemingly being welcomed into the country by any means, be subjected to unfair labor practices? That seems to me to be the biggest issue. Not that they are here illegally, but they are being mistreated and abused.

Had they come through the proper channels, they would have a voice and a way to not get treated like this. As long as american business wants to operate this way, we will have a problem.

Google Congressional Pay raises and you will learn all you need to learn about how our congress gets a pay raise each and every year. Without as much as a vote. Of course they voted to get one unless they voted not to get one. So they just don't vote to not get one.

Wish I could do that at my job.

I don't mind paying $4 a gallon for gas, or even $8 a gallon, did it while overseas. Still drove my car. But if we are to get off of oil, someone needs to show me the thing I can trade my 1996 Mustang in for that will not use oil to make it go.

Electric? We use coal or oil fired plants to make it. So that is not the answer.

We need to buy ourselves more time to make the next generation of energy products and means of production before we can turn off the oil spigot. Until we have show rooms full of cars that do not need fossil fuels to run, we gotta have fossil fuels.

Would it be better to get our own, or keep sending billions to dictators around the world?

There are a million problems we need to solve, but no problem has ever been solved by saying it can't be solved. Ask Orville Wright, or Neil Armstrong....

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