en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/517125 Comments by Pointer http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19759253 This is the ONE Big Thing! Specifically draft Constitutional Amendments for our "Top 10" and force State Legislatures to call for Convention. Stop ALL personal spending in the district of any state legislator who opposes it. This will mobilize the entire business community to force their support or replace the legislator. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:19:26 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19759253 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19758745 Well said! This would also remove the hostility from the "dependent crowd", lest they lose what taxpayers are funding. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:09:09 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19758745 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19757802 Your intent is spot on. Term Limits at 2 terms (below) will force return to the private sector. However, by requiring ALREADY-RETIRED members to forfeit Retirement Pay & Benefit when CURRENT members over-reach, we make it personal enough to get the old guard to help stop the problem. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:48:52 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19757802 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19752020 To Prevent Campaign Contribution Corruption Establish Campaign Contribution Accounting Office that receives and validates all Federal Contributions prior to depositing them in Candidate Accounts, including verification of U.S. Citizenship, validation that Contributions fall within Cumulative Limits and web-posting of their Name, Employer and Union Membership. (We need to be able to publically identify kick-back earmarks and campaign-contribution bribes.) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:45:19 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19752020 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19752008 Exceptional proposals! You have inspired me to make some modified proposals as well. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:44:59 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19752008 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19749425 To Constrain Spiraling Government Payroll Costs: Cap combined Pay & Benefit increases for all elected officials at the change in the Cost of Living Index (We need them to be in this together; more Benefits should mean less Pay.) Require every Government employee to personally fund every Benefit of any form through Payroll Deduction (We need them to be in this together; no free ride for Social Security, Health Care, Retirement, etc.) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:52:39 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19749425 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19749294 To Reduce the Cost of Government Cancel Pay & Benefit Increases for all Government employees for the year following any year that Total Government Spending grows. (We need incentives for them to eliminate waste and increase productivity just like the private sector.) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:50:05 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19749294 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19749221 To Control Government Spending Limit Total Government spending to total Tax Receipts from the prior Fiscal Year (We need to pay as we go, with no increases in Debt and no alternative to print money.) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:48:38 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19749221 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19749160 To Sustain the Value of Our Income, Savings and Assets Cap the Money Supply and terminate the authority of the Federal Reserve to print more. (We need to end quasi-governmental entities with no accountability to citizens.) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:47:36 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19749160 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19749087 To Reduce Government Debt "All retired members of Congress will forfeit Retirement Pay & Benefits for one year following any year that the current Congress fails to reduce our debt, without resorting to printing money." (We need the Retired Congressmen who created the system to constrain and police it.) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:46:08 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19749087 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19749045 To Inhibit Legislative Corruption "Any member of the House of Representatives or Senate who is removed from office or voted out of office or resigns from office will immediately forfeit all forms of federal compensation, benefits and support." (We need to make the pain of being caught or fired greater than the gain.) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:45:15 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19749045 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19748948 To Limit Legislative Corruption and Refresh Citizen Leadership: Limit all elected officials to Two Terms in any office. (We need to re-institute citizen legislators, limit their opportunity to corrupt the system, and rotate fresh citizens in, to identify predecessor corruption.) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:43:00 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19748948 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19748883 To Repeal Ineffective and Outdated Legislation: Require all legislation to include a sunset provision of no more than 10 years, at which point it automatically terminates, requiring a vote to reinstate an improved version. (We need to limit the accumulation of legislation that is never reviewed for impact or improved for relevance.) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:41:33 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19748883 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19748695 To Limit Bad Legislation: Require all legislation to be read aloud on the floor of the House and Senate prior to a vote, carried by CSPAN and posted on the Internet at least 7 days prior to any vote, and require that every legislator be present for the entire reading to qualify to vote on it. (We need to know that legislators have heard every line of every bill, and we need the public to see them and hear the bills in time to influence the outcome.) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:36:53 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment19748695