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| Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution; make it go viral! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 16 2010, 12:04 PM (305 Views) | |
| Mark | Mar 16 2010, 12:04 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I like this! I should also include the Executive and the Judicial branches. I would further add: "Any existing law that that violates this amendment will be deemed invalid upon passage of this amendment." Then I would repeal the 16th amendment. ![]()
Edited by Mark, Mar 16 2010, 12:04 PM.
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| The 89th Key | Mar 16 2010, 12:06 PM Post #2 |
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| Red Rice | Mar 16 2010, 12:11 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Is this true? Source? |
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| Big John | Mar 16 2010, 12:15 PM Post #4 |
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Senior Carp
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we could start with the Rolls Royce healthcare and pension plans available to "public servants" but not available to the people who foot the bill for it. |
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| Mikhailoh | Mar 16 2010, 12:20 PM Post #5 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Actually, RR, that is not true. They have the same federal retirement system as any fed employee. http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30631.pdf
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Big John | Mar 16 2010, 12:24 PM Post #6 |
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Why decline the golden goose? My ex gets FERS now. He can't believe all of the benefits. He hasn't been there a year yet and he already has 2 weeks vacation and 3 weeks of "flex time" coming his way -- employer-matched 401K two-for-one, and $10 everything on healthcare except for $5 prescriptions. Best of all, it costs him nothing out of his paycheck. Why would he ever turn it down for mere social security? |
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| QuirtEvans | Mar 16 2010, 12:51 PM Post #7 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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It's true. Laws like sexual discrimination and workplace safety do not apply to Congress. They exempted themselves. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| OperaTenor | Mar 16 2010, 12:52 PM Post #8 |
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Pisa-Carp
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And we the people let them get away with it. |
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| QuirtEvans | Mar 16 2010, 12:54 PM Post #9 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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I haven't been in FERS for a while, but, when I was, we had to pay for health insurance. I'd bet your ex does, too. The insurance was cheap, and the terms were good, but we had to pay for it nonetheless, and I doubt that's changed. Plus, 401K-like matching was one-for-one. According to this, it still is. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Axtremus | Mar 16 2010, 03:07 PM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Has it been argued against on "equal protection" grounds?
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| QuirtEvans | Mar 16 2010, 03:42 PM Post #11 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Equal protection under the Constitution only applies to protected classes. Race, gender, and so forth. Being a non-Congressperson is not a protected classification. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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