<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">To my Green Party Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>Read and consider: What would be the (serious) Green Party approach to the following? IMHO it cleverly points out the problems We the People are having now with the "elected" representatives of our so-called Democratic Republic.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Andrea<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, arial; text-align: -webkit-center; "><table class="MsoNormalTable" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 608px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr style="min-height: 0.75pt; "><td width="60" style="color: black; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; width: 45pt; "><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </div></td><td valign="top" style="color: black; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><table class="MsoNormalTable" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 488px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr style="min-height: 22.5pt; "><td style="color: black; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; min-height: 22.5pt; "><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "></span></font> </div></td></tr><tr><td style="color: black; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div><div><div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="color: black; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="color: black; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="color: black; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00007F"><b><br></b></font></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="color: black; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Congressional Reform Act of 2010</span></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, arial; "><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><br></b><b><font size="5"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; "><br><font color="#00007f"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127); ">1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.<br><br>A. Two Six year Senate terms<br>B. Six Two year House terms<br>C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms</span></font></span></font></b><font color="#00007f"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "><br><br> </span></font><font color="maroon"><span style="color: maroon; "> 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.</span></font></div><div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></div></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font color="#00007f" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "><br><br></span></font><b><font color="#00007f" size="5"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 127); ">2. No Tenure / No Pension: <br><br> A congressperson collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.</span></font></b><font color="#00007f"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "> <br><br> </span></font><font color="maroon"><span style="color: maroon; ">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.</span></font></div><div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br> </span></font></div></div><div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br> </span></font></div></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font color="#00007f" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "><br><br></span></font><b><font color="#00007f" size="5"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 127); ">3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:<br><br> 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.</span></font></b><font color="#00007f"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "> <br><br> </span></font><font color="maroon"><span style="color: maroon; ">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.</span></font></div><div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br> </span></font></div></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font color="maroon" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: maroon; "><br></span></font><font color="#00007f"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "><br></span></font><b><font color="#00007f" size="5"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 127); ">4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans</span></font></b><font color="#00007f"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127); ">.<br><br> </span></font><font color="maroon"><span style="color: maroon; ">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.</span></font></div><div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br> </span></font></div></div><div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br> </span></font></div></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font color="maroon" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: maroon; "><br></span></font><font color="#00007f"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "><br></span></font><b><font color="#00007f" size="5"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 127); ">5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.</span></font></b><font color="#00007f"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "><br><br> </span></font><font color="maroon"><span style="color: maroon; "> 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.</span></font></div><div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br> </span></font></div></div><div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br> </span></font></div></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font color="#00007f" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "><br><br><br></span></font><b><font color="#00007f" size="5"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 127); ">6. Congress looses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.<br><br></span></font></b><font color="#00007f"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "> </span></font><font color="maroon"><span style="color: maroon; ">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.</span></font></div><div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br> </span></font></div></div><div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br> </span></font></div></div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font color="#00007f" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "><br><br></span></font><b><font color="#00007f" size="5"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 127); ">7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people.<br></span></font></b><font color="#00007f"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "><br> </span></font><font color="maroon"><span style="color: maroon; "> 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.</span></font></div><div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br> </span></font></div></div><div><div class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font><b><font color="#00007f" size="5"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "><br>8. All contracts with past and present congresspeople are void effective 1/1/11. <br><br> The American people did not make this contract with Congress, Congress made all these contracts for themselves.</span></font></b><font color="#00007f"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 127); "><br><br> </span></font><font color="maroon"><span style="color: maroon; "> 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.</span></font> <br></div></div></span> </span></font></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>