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Jan 24

GINGRICH FLUBS FACTS….AGAIN, etc.

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ETCWASHINGTON (AP) — Newt Gingrich called rival Mitt Romney a “terrible historian” but flubbed his own history in Congress on Monday night when he claimed the nation ran four consecutive budget surpluses during his time as House speaker. Romney attacked Gingrich’s financial links to Freddie Mac while ignoring his own.
The accusations were fast out of the gate in the latest Republican presidential debate, and reality got tromped in the process.
A look at some of claims and how they compare with the facts:
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GINGRICH: “When I was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced budgets.”
THE FACTS: Actually, two.
 
The four straight years of budget surpluses were 1998 through 2001. Gingrich left Congress in 1999, so he only had a hand in surpluses for his last two years. The budget ran deficits for his first two years as speaker.
The highest surplus of that four-year string came in budget year 2000, after Gingrich was out of office.
 
 

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CALL YOUR CONGRESSPERSONS: http://www.contactingthecongress.org/
Even if you get a voice mail, leave YOUR OPINION “For/Against.”
Vote for the candidate who WILL BE FAIR TO ALL because
ON ANY DAY WE COULD BECOME THE DREADED POOR!

Dec 29

WHY YOU SHOULD OCCUPY YOUR CONGRESSPERSONS……..

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The economic gap between average Americans and our elected representatives in Congress has grown tremendously since the 1980s, according to an analysis conducted by The Washington Post.
 
Between 1984 and 2009, the median net worth of a member of the House more than doubled from $280,000 to $725,000 in inflation-adjusted dollars (excluding home equity). Meanwhile, the wealth of an American family has declined slightly over the same period, from $20,600 to $20,500.
 
While perhaps unsurprising – this mirrors the growing income inequality gap in the country – the growing divide between legislators and those they are supposed to represent has troubling implications for the health of our democracy. The greater the economic distance between average Americans and our lawmakers, the more our government “of the people, by the people” will become a government “of the 1%, by the 1%.”
 
 
Nov 11

MANY CONGRESSMEN GUILTY OF INSIDER TRADING

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BUT NONE HAVE BEEN CHARGED!  WHY NOT?

 
What Does Insider Trading Mean?
The buying or selling of a security by someone who has access to material, nonpublic information about the security.
 
Illegal insider trading therefore includes tipping others when you have any sort of nonpublic information. Directors are not the only ones who have the potential to be convicted of insider trading. People such as brokers and even family members can be guilty.
 
Aug 04

HOW CAN WE FIX THE HOUSE AND SENATE?

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My friend and neighbor wants to promote a “Congressional Reform Act of 2010″. It would contain eight provisions, all of which would probably be strongly endorsed by those who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.


I know many of you will say, “this is impossible”.  Let me remind you, Congress has the lowest approval of any entity in Government, now is the time when Americans will join together to reform Congress – the entity that represents us. 
We need to get a Senator to introduce this bill in the  US  Senate and a Representative to introduce a similar bill in the  US  House.  These people will become American hero’s..  

Thanks,
A Fellow American
 
   
.Congressional Reform Act of 2010


1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.        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.A. Two Six year Senate terms
B. Six Two year House terms
C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms
 

 2.  No Tenure / No Pension:     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.    A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

 
 3.  Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:    Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.  The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, server your term(s), then go home and back to work.    All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves to the Social Security system immediately.  All future funds flow into the Social Security system, Congress participates with the American people.
 
 4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans.  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.
 
5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.  Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. 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.

6. Congress looses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.  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.
7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people.  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.
  
 
 8. All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/11.     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. 
  
  
     The American people did not make this contract with congressmen, congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.
 

 

 

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Jul 16

GREENSPAN: LET BUSH TAXCUTS DIE.

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What is the opposition singing now? -editor

Former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan is calling for Congress to let the Bush tax cuts die. As stated in Bloomberg News, he speaks not as a liberal but as a deficit hawk.

  Greenspan, who originally pushed for the Bush tax cuts, now says that was a mistake. He made the statement during the recording of a Bloomberg TV show that will run over the weekend.

  My friend, Bloomberg reporter Mike Dorning, writes:

 

 For more click on:

 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/07/16/128564378/alan-greenspan-let-bush-tax-cuts-die

Sep 30

POLL: PUBLIC SAYS CONGRESS NOT LISTENING

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by JULIE ROVNER

Perhaps no other issue Congress deals with touches every American as intimately as health care. Yet a new poll by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health finds that, so far, the public feels profoundly shut out of the current health overhaul debate.

“Most people don’t feel that they personally have a voice in this debate,” said Mollyann Brodie, director of public opinion and survey research for the Kaiser Family Foundation. “In fact, 71 percent told us that Congress was paying too little attention to what people like them were saying.”

Nancy Turtenwald is one of those people. The tourist from Milwaukee was walking around the sparkling new visitor center at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday. She was quick to agree with poll findings that the lawmakers debating the massive health overhaul bill just a few blocks away weren’t much interested in problems like hers.

For much more click on:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113307616&ps=cprs

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