Kat's Top Ten List of Things That Should Change in DC...

This list was compiled together by myself and my husband. He came up with the list, as he thinks on the fly much better than I do. I just add the snippy remarks to it, mmmkay?

1. Term limits for Congressmen and Senators, 2 terms just like the President. Your city Mayor probably has term limits, and as far as I know, all Governors have term limits. Even the President has term limits, but our congress doesn't? Where's the logic in that?

2. Laws of the land should be written so that the common man can understand them without needing a lawyer in straight black and white terms. If I have to explain why this one makes sense, I might just scream.

3. If Congressmen and Senators are to be paid, they should be paid at the rate of minimum wage so that they can earn thier living like the common man does. Let them work by the hour! I bet they would put in more than half of the year making sure things run right then!

4. Congressmen and Senators should have to pay for Social Security and get thier Insurance through the Private Sector like everyone else. Retirement packages? Don't make me laugh. My aunt in law worked for over twenty years at the same place, and her retirement package is /only/ the social security she had paid into her whole life. If it's good enough for her to scrape by on, then they should have to scrape by on it too!

5. All new national laws should be held to a NATIONAL public vote, and the law can only pass by an overwhelming majority. Note... OVERWHELMING, not 50.1%, not 54%, but 67% or greater. Two-thirds vote! We have the internet now! Post the bill, and give the American people a month to look it up, read it, and vote! It's not rocket science, people!

6. GET BACK TO THE BASICS OF THE CONSTITUTION! Enough said!

7. If an Illegal Alien is caught in our country, they are deported and banned from entering our country legally. If they are caught a second time they are tried and punished in due course to the laws of the land. We don't need new laws. We just need to enforce the ones already in place here, and for goodness sakes, BUILD THE FENCE ALREADY!

8. Prison systems should reinstitute chain gangs to work on maintaining roads, and other various projects that could be implemented in local counties and parishes at no cost to the tax-payer. If Sherrif Joe can do it and it works, why can't the rest of the country do it? Common sense, people!

9. If an admendment to a bill has no relation to the bill being debated in the House or Senate, TAKE IT OFF! NO PORK! Don't sign or agree with any bill that is filled with crap like this!

10. Simplify the national tax system! Why do I have to read a 'booklet' that is over a hundred pages to pay my income tax? This is why the flat tax is staring to look better and better. Plus, in my state, we don't even have an income tax. We do have a sales tax and a 'sin' tax for things like nicotine products and alchohol and the like, but it's not overly high, and our state seems to do just fine budget-wise. Perhaps DC could take a lesson from this?

Tomorrow: News from my neck of the woods and Videos of the Week: Tea Parties!