Fiscal Cliff: 28 Days Till CONGRESS Rips Us AGAIN!

UPDATE:  There are 535 men and women in our United States Congress.  They CONTINUE their onslaught to cut social security, medicare and other programs and tax incentives overwhelmingly effecting middle and lower income Americans.  Personally, I believe the Republicans are more blatant in their charge against the non-wealthy, but everyone in Congress is on the money train.  Here are some interesting facts from the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) reported by Michael Brush in his article for MSN Money in January of this year. (a) 

 Consider these numbers:

• Nearly half of the members of Congress are millionaires, according to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), a Washington watchdog.

• The median net worth of a U.S. senator was $2.63 million in 2010, the most recent year for which financial data are available. That was up 11% from the year before, says CRP.

• The median estimated net worth for House members was $756,765.

• The median net worth of House members almost tripled from 1984 and 2009, while the net worth of Americans declined slightly during the same time, according to the Washington Post and the University of Michigan. (a)

Please keep in mind CRP's data is at least two years old!   What is the current increase?  The fact is, in 1984 when the House members jumped on their lucrative money train, Ronald Reagan was President and his 'Trickle Down Economics' was in full swing.  Since then, a lot of that 'trickling' seems to have made it in the pockets of our elected officials in Washington!

WAKE UP AMERICA!  Twenty-eight (28) days from now, these boys and girls are going to rip us again!  Let's make them give back to this country some of their plunder.  Call your representatives in the House and Senate and tell them we want passage of emergency legislation to take effect immediately including the following:

  -Reduce Congressional salaries to match the average national teacher's pay...

  -Make their base pay the only pay they get...

  -Stop all Incentives from Lobbyists for Members of Congress...

  -Require all Members of Congress to pay out of pocket, for the following (no government discount or 

    match just like the majority of American Citizens):

          a.  Heath, life, car, house, office, liability and any other insurances they deem necessary...

          b.  Any retirement packages...

          c.  All their office expenses, coat room expenses, day-care expenses, auto expenses and any 

              other government paid perks they currently receive...

          d. Travel, meals and entertainment expenses...

BUT, MOST OF ALL, WE WANT AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRING ANY LEGISLATION DIRECTLY INCREASING THEIR PAY AND BENEFITS TO BE A LINE ITEM ON THE THE PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT EVERY FOUR YEARS.

Getting elected to the US Congress in this country is a person's ticket to unlimited riches and the perks to match.  Because of that fact, elections have become a wealthy person's playground, a game to see who's ads can bias their constituents emotions enough to vote them into America's Playground for the Rich and Famous. Until we, the people, get off our apathetic rear ends and force a change, the status quo in this country will not change.  The following is a simple way to find the numbers to contact your representatives:

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt  

(a) http://money.msn.com/investing/latest.aspx?post=70cc8f98-07b4-4e4e-923e-5569bd82627d