Rescind Health Insurance for Congress!

Make Them Pay for Their Own Health Insurance and Get Their Bill Off Our Backs!

With all the mud-slinging being thrown around, and election day less than a week away, I'd like to propose an idea that may separate the men (or women) from the boys (or girls).  Instead of the American taxpayer sholdering the burden of health insurance for all members of our Legislature, why don't we put the onus on their backs?  Let's find out who really wants to be a 'public servant' at their own expense!  No more fat expense accounts, free health insurance, or pensions.  A living wage, yes, but the other perks should be done away with, permanently.

Without lifetime pensions and healthcare, how many of our leaders would aspire to a career in politics?  When our Constitution was drafted by the Founding Fathers, they never anticipated professional politicians, only public servants who would volunteer time to their country because that was the honorable and right thing to do...

Honorable?  When has anyone in the last twenty five years associated the word honor with a politician (or lawyer, but that's another article).  It's time the American public stood up and said no more!  With over 40 million of us without health insurance, the Medicare and Medicaid systems going broke, and over 60% of hard working Americans functioning without the golden parachute called a pension, it's time we yanked the parachute out from under our leaders!

Has there ever been a study showing what these perks cost the American people?  Has the press ever made it a headline to tell us how much Congress actually costs the taxpayers in terms of healthcare, pensions, expense accounts, limosines, etc.  No, but Congress has voted to study the mating habits of the tse tse fly, and other inane, ridiculous things.  Let's get back to basic, common sense America!