my mom who voted for obama emailed me this today
> Latest Trump proposal:
> 5/12/2020 Congressional Freeze of Benefits
> They worked Only 111 of the year's 365 days.
> So many members of Congress are retiring in hopes of "locking-in" their future retirement payments. Currently, their monthly retirement
checks are equal to their monthly salaries. They hope to freeze
their retirement as it stands. I'm with Trump on this one.
Trump is asking everyone to forward this email to a minimum of 20 people and to ask each one of them to do likewise.This makes too much sense not to be passed on. In 3 days, most people in the United States will have seen the message.
> This is why the idea should be passed around, regardless of Political Party.
> The Trump Rule's Congressional Reform Act:1– No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office. No more perks go with them.
> 2– Congressman / Woman (past, present & future) participate in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional Retirement Fund move to the Social Security System immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security System, and Congress participates with the American People. It may not be used for any other purposes.
> 3– Congress must purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
> 4– Congress will no longer vote themselves pay increases.
> Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%
> 5– Congress's current Healthcare System is terminated, and they participate in the same Healthcare System as the American people.
> 6– Congress must abide by all the laws they impose on the American people
> 7– All contracts with past and present Congressman / Woman are void.
> The American people did not make these contracts with Congressmen / Women.
> Congress made all these contracts for themselves.
> Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators serving their terms, then going home and back to work and not get all kinds of freebies!
> No wonder THEY'RE FIGHTING THIS TOOTH AND NAIL!
>The plan is for each person to contact a minimum of 20 people. If that happens. it will only take 3 days for most people in the United States to receive this message.
> It's time for us to take action now! Please send this on.
I also went out to dinner with her sister and her friends last week and she said this whole thing has made her rethink her political beliefs and her friends called her a limousine democrat. this has been very fun for me since they gave me a ton of shit for voting for trump even though I never talk about or even care about politics