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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 1828395" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p>This would have to be an Amendment, not "just ... a law." SCOTUS has already passed judgment on laws that restrict Congressional eligibility to anything more stringent than the Constitutional requirements.</p><p></p><p></p><p>And you don't see an amendment <em>against</em> the interest of the people who would have to vote to pass it being a bit more challenging to pass than one that is either neutral or in their favor?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Congress participates in the <a href="http://www.opm.gov/retire/pre/csrs/index.asp" target="_blank">Civil Service Retirement System</a>, the same as other Federal employees. The myth of "one term in Congress and you get a pension for life" is just that: a myth.</p><p></p><p>Again, the Congressional retirement system is the same as other Federal employees. Congress is participating with the other 1.8 million civil servants.</p><p></p><p>Again, see above.</p><p></p><p>This one is actually a good idea, though CPI is still subject to huge amounts of political manipulation...like they're doing right now.</p><p></p><p>...the system where the employer provides coverage, and that coverage varies based on what the employer decides to provide? Granted, Congress provides a particularly good plan, but so do some other employers--matter of fact, if we think all the way back to the passage of Obamacare, one of the proposals for funding was a tax on "Cadillac" plans, which would have hit UAW workers.</p><p></p><p>This is already the law. That said, it takes a prosecutor to bring a case. How do you propose to solve the problem of finding a high-level government actor who wants to bring charges against his colleagues, colleagues who have the power to defund his office and his existence? Implementation details matter.</p><p></p><p>Even if this didn't blatantly violate the most basic principles of contracts (the idea that promises ought to be kept), bringing the full faith and credit of the United States into disrepute, we already have a method for sending them home and back to productive work. It's called the ballot box. As long as We, The People keep voting these clowns in, there's no way we can change the system by passing a law. We're getting what we deserve here; if you want to change it, go change the culture, or we'll just keep getting more of the same.</p><p></p><p>And yes, I know that's a lot harder than Warren's soundbite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 1828395, member: 13624"] This would have to be an Amendment, not "just ... a law." SCOTUS has already passed judgment on laws that restrict Congressional eligibility to anything more stringent than the Constitutional requirements. And you don't see an amendment [I]against[/I] the interest of the people who would have to vote to pass it being a bit more challenging to pass than one that is either neutral or in their favor? Congress participates in the [URL="http://www.opm.gov/retire/pre/csrs/index.asp"]Civil Service Retirement System[/URL], the same as other Federal employees. The myth of "one term in Congress and you get a pension for life" is just that: a myth. Again, the Congressional retirement system is the same as other Federal employees. Congress is participating with the other 1.8 million civil servants. Again, see above. This one is actually a good idea, though CPI is still subject to huge amounts of political manipulation...like they're doing right now. ...the system where the employer provides coverage, and that coverage varies based on what the employer decides to provide? Granted, Congress provides a particularly good plan, but so do some other employers--matter of fact, if we think all the way back to the passage of Obamacare, one of the proposals for funding was a tax on "Cadillac" plans, which would have hit UAW workers. This is already the law. That said, it takes a prosecutor to bring a case. How do you propose to solve the problem of finding a high-level government actor who wants to bring charges against his colleagues, colleagues who have the power to defund his office and his existence? Implementation details matter. Even if this didn't blatantly violate the most basic principles of contracts (the idea that promises ought to be kept), bringing the full faith and credit of the United States into disrepute, we already have a method for sending them home and back to productive work. It's called the ballot box. As long as We, The People keep voting these clowns in, there's no way we can change the system by passing a law. We're getting what we deserve here; if you want to change it, go change the culture, or we'll just keep getting more of the same. And yes, I know that's a lot harder than Warren's soundbite. [/QUOTE]
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