Congressional Reform Act of 2010

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In Hebrew it is "Thou Shalt Not Murder."

[CarlosDJackal]

Pretty much anything in written form will be interpreted. Look at "Thou shalt not kill". It's universally accepted that it's bad to take a life, yet it happens daily. We even set conditions where it's acceptable (self-defense)...

The original text was actually: "Thou shalt not murder". Somewhere along the way it was translated into "kill".

I'm all for term limits. I agree that we need to go back to the original intent for representation. I bet it would save our country a lot of expenses to do just that!!

IMHO, all elected officials at the Federal level should be limited to a maximum of 3 terms (except the President - 2 terms is probably all we can handle).

[glocktogo]

My point exactlly.

[dsmguy7]

Found this gem this morning.

+1 and long overdue.

No offense, don't take this the wrong way, caveat emptor, etc. etc.

What is the point of these resolutions, threads, videos, tea parties, etc? Does anyone really think that the entrenched interests in Washington are going to make the least little bit of change that is detrimental to themselves? Are the administrators, bureaucrats and staffers just going to *poof* disappear? Are the local, state and federal unions going to stop enforcing work rules and are the postal employees going to give up their benefits and streamline the delivery so they don't have to keep raising the price of stamps? And what about lobbyists, the ones you like (NRA) or the ones you don't like (HCI)?

Shrug.

M_P

Greetings. I discovered this site a while ago and have been lurking for the past couple weeks getting familiar with the posts. I have two AR's -- a S&W MP15 and a home grown from a S&W lower and LMT complete upper, but my first post on the site turns out to be political.

I've been thinking the same thing, term limits for congress is the way to go, but congress would never do that to themselves. So maybe we should look to the states for our salvation? A 2/3 majority of states can create a resolution for a constitutional amendment and a 3/4 majority could pass that amendment. It's still a long shot, but our only hope at this point.

What about all states refusing to pay or have their citizens pay federal tax? Like the adage what you feed grows; what you starve dies.

[RyanB]

Wow, someone put thirty seconds of thought into that, and it shows. That document could not become law, for at least two reasons I can see. Including the violation of contracts. It's populist lunacy.

You all should go read what Madison had to say on the matter before you comment. He saw a need for professional legislators. You think that amateur lawmakers are a good thing, but they would be lead around by their career staffers.

For what it is worth I think Congressmen should receive VA medical care, unless they purchase private insurance. THAT would be legal.