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A Congress person can retire on near full salary after only "serving" as little as 3 years. I don't know the exact figures, but if you care you can find them, MAYBE.
Outright lie...like the rest of your posts
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A Congress person can retire on near full salary after only "serving" as little as 3 years. I don't know the exact figures, but if you care you can find them, MAYBE.
Abolish civil service. So you would have all government jobs filled by political appointments?This is really ridiculous. Sounds like you are looking for a benevolent dictator to straighten everything out.
Something can be learned from the debacle of our so-called SS System, which is neither Social, nor a System. In the beginning it used states as the basis for issuing card numbers. Certainly, there were state considerations in number assignments and in other things.
Of course when we adopted the SS System we had a stronger state's rights system, and likely deference was given to that despite FDRs commie Fed lover advisors. After all, before the 1920s immigration was substantially a state function not a federal one.
Like in so many other things, power has been stripped from the states by one pretext and device or another, I think to our general detriment. Sometimes Fed intervention is required, like building the Interstates which the states likely could never have done.
But in most cases the Feds have done a worse job, glaringly in education, for example, in labor relations, and a bunch of other areas. Yes, to the Fed going to the moon, but not so in much else. If the Fed used their power properly then it would be different, but we have just seen no evidence of that.
We either need to somehow (by a really conservative reform government) get a very high level of performance from the Fed, OR we need to devolve a whole bunch of stuff back to the States and to the private sector. This oil spill is likely a case in point. Exactly how much authority have the states retained regarding safety off shore. probably about none.
Civil Service, among other sacred cows, has turned out to be a bad investment. It is neither Civil nor of much Service and should be abolished along with unions in any job other than private profit making corporations. Unions exist to help workers get a share of the profits, but in government and non-profits there are NO profits to share and hence there should be NO unions at all allowed.
Abolish labor unions. Collective bargaining would be forbidden?
So we would have politicians run on a platform to abolish civil service, unions, social security, and medicare? As I said, you are looking for dictator.
A Congress person can retire on near full salary after only "serving" as little as 3 years. I don't know the exact figures, but if you care you can find them, MAYBE.
Outright lie...like the rest of your posts
With 58 million people receiving social security, 2 million government workers under civil service and 14 million in labor unions, just who is going to vote for a candidate that would abolish Social Security, Medicare, federal civil service, and labor unions. Only 122 million voted in the last election. It is virtually impossible to accomplish what you propose through the election process.Abolish civil service. So you would have all government jobs filled by political appointments?Something can be learned from the debacle of our so-called SS System, which is neither Social, nor a System. In the beginning it used states as the basis for issuing card numbers. Certainly, there were state considerations in number assignments and in other things.
Of course when we adopted the SS System we had a stronger state's rights system, and likely deference was given to that despite FDRs commie Fed lover advisors. After all, before the 1920s immigration was substantially a state function not a federal one.
Like in so many other things, power has been stripped from the states by one pretext and device or another, I think to our general detriment. Sometimes Fed intervention is required, like building the Interstates which the states likely could never have done.
But in most cases the Feds have done a worse job, glaringly in education, for example, in labor relations, and a bunch of other areas. Yes, to the Fed going to the moon, but not so in much else. If the Fed used their power properly then it would be different, but we have just seen no evidence of that.
We either need to somehow (by a really conservative reform government) get a very high level of performance from the Fed, OR we need to devolve a whole bunch of stuff back to the States and to the private sector. This oil spill is likely a case in point. Exactly how much authority have the states retained regarding safety off shore. probably about none.
Civil Service, among other sacred cows, has turned out to be a bad investment. It is neither Civil nor of much Service and should be abolished along with unions in any job other than private profit making corporations. Unions exist to help workers get a share of the profits, but in government and non-profits there are NO profits to share and hence there should be NO unions at all allowed.
Abolish labor unions. Collective bargaining would be forbidden?
So we would have politicians run on a platform to abolish civil service, unions, social security, and medicare? As I said, you are looking for dictator.
No, I'm looking for the people to get the leadership they need to dictate to, and crush, the special interests, and indeed all the interests, period, and rule in the public and national interest.
is very narrow minded, and ill-informed
This is one reason Monarchy has been favored in history as it creates a single person beholden to no one who can knock heads together and look out for the national interest. Our President should do this, but just about none do.
With 58 million people receiving social security, 2 million government workers under civil service and 14 million in labor unions, just who is going to vote for a candidate that would abolish Social Security, Medicare, federal civil service, and labor unions. Only 122 million voted in the last election. It is virtually impossible to accomplish what you propose through the election process.Abolish civil service. So you would have all government jobs filled by political appointments?
Abolish labor unions. Collective bargaining would be forbidden?
So we would have politicians run on a platform to abolish civil service, unions, social security, and medicare? As I said, you are looking for dictator.
No, I'm looking for the people to get the leadership they need to dictate to, and crush, the special interests, and indeed all the interests, period, and rule in the public and national interest.
A Congress person can retire on near full salary after only "serving" as little as 3 years. I don't know the exact figures, but if you care you can find them, MAYBE.
Outright lie...like the rest of your posts
Members of Congress are not eligible for a pension until they reach the age of 50, but only if they've completed 20 years of service. Members are eligible at any age after completing 25 years of service or after they reach the age of 62. Please also note that Members of Congress have to serve at least 5 years to even receive a pension.
US Congress Salaries and Benefits – Salaries and Benefits of US Congress Members
No, I'm looking for the people to get the leadership they need to dictate to, and crush, the special interests, and indeed all the interests, period, and rule in the public and national interest.
I am open to listening to opposing ideas, however I agree it is a waste of time continuing any further discussion on this subject. It is obvious that your mind is closed.With 58 million people receiving social security, 2 million government workers under civil service and 14 million in labor unions, just who is going to vote for a candidate that would abolish Social Security, Medicare, federal civil service, and labor unions. Only 122 million voted in the last election. It is virtually impossible to accomplish what you propose through the election process.No, I'm looking for the people to get the leadership they need to dictate to, and crush, the special interests, and indeed all the interests, period, and rule in the public and national interest.
If you are a good person, you don't sit around thinking of ways that doing the right thing might not work. Your attitude is weak, and it loses.
The political process is a complex thing and it may take a round-about way to get to where we need to be, but it can be done. You need the courage to do what is right even if it looks like it will not work. Weak sisters need not apply for leadership, and that is what we need first of all.
I support Sarah because she is the only MAN, so far, in either party that is running for President. So, I'm going with the best leadership that God is offering us.
And if you are not a Conservative Republican Believer then you are wasting your time talking to me, for that is the only type people I have any interest in talking to. Just remember Reagan was a Democrat labor leader till he was 40 before he woke up and smelled the coffee and became a Conservative Republican Believer.
No, I'm looking for the people to get the leadership they need to dictate to, and crush, the special interests, and indeed all the interests, period, and rule in the public and national interest.
We don't need leadership to dictate anything. We are free. We make our own choices. We need to step up and start governing ourselves. Then DC will lose power.