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All Americans on Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:00:00 AM
I have been listening to the Congress tell the Big three Auto makers that they need to change the way they do business before they get any money. We as the bosses of the Federal government need to start voting out the stupid in Congress. Most of the problems [that] we face in the country today starts on the hill and rolls down. With the nation Debt at $10,653,930,363,287 and bad bills loaded with free money for friends and contributors to their campaigns. Laws that have made it hard to run a company in the United States of America the home of economic freedom and free enterprise. As one of the stockholders in this great country I propose a few steps that our government needs to take before we vote for anther incumbent.
1. Shrink and put term limits on the Congress.
Senators serve six-year terms that are staggered with the annual salary of each senator, as of 2008, being $169,300 the President pro tempore and party leaders receive $188,100. That is a total of 16,986.400 dollars just in payroll for the Senators.
Representatives have 435 plus 5 non-voting members the Representatives and delegates serve for two-year terms, while the Resident Commissioner serves for four years. The annual salary of each Representative is $169,300 The Speaker of the House and the Majority and Minority Leaders earn more. The Speaker earned $212,100 during the while the party leaders earned $183,500. That is a total of 74,563,200 dollars in pay roll. So combined that is a total of 91,549,600 in pay roll.
If we go to 1 Senator and no more then 4 Representatives per state we can say the taxpayer (you and me) 69,053,075 dollars in pay roll. Then put term limits on them 2 terms for a Senator witch would equal 12 years and a 6 terms for a Representative witch would equal 12 years. [Just think how much we can save also in not having to pay for the sport staff of the officials that downsizes.]
2. Defined pet projects.
1. The National Endowment for the Arts started in 1965. We the taxpayers paid in 144.7 million this year.
2. National Public Radio started in 1971. We the taxpayers paid in 258 million.
3. Public Broadcasting Service started in 1970. We the taxpayers paid in about 400 million.
4. Give us clean bills no earmarks or pork sending. Price to the American Taxpayer unknown.
5. Stop founding the Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) only the government and God knows how much money is wasted in these programs.
Just defending these three would give the taxpayers 802.7 million. Just think how much money is being given out to other programs that we can not see so clear. Like all those earmarks and pork spending lines in the bills that Congress and the President passes.
3. Go to a flat tax
A flat tax of 11% we all pay, Taxpayers and corporations. With no more loop holes. There are 301,139,947 people in America (July 2007) and with all this taxpayers and future taxpayers can produce the revenue the government needs.
We as the voters of America do have a voice and we need to use it. We have a mind and we can think for ourselves and we should. It is time to stop looking to the government to help and tell the government to get back to the basics of THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. Which is the protection of it citizens, boarders and the founding principles of these country.