Time for a 28th Amendment

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Time for a 28th Amendment

19 November 2009

George Rebane

When the people fear their government there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. Thomas Jefferson

The following was forwarded by an RR reader. Please think about it, and do something.

Amendment 28

Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United
States that does not apply equally to the Senators or Representatives,
and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators or
Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the
United States.

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3 responses to “Time for a 28th Amendment”

Dixon Cruickshank

19 November 2009

Sounds fair to me

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steven frisch

20 November 2009

Can you please give me a couple of DOCUMENTED AND SOURCED examples of laws made that apply to the people but do not apply to members of the Senate or House of Representatives?

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George Rebane

20 November 2009

The asymmetries between the rights and privileges of members of Congress and other high officials of the federal government are many and some purposely not very visible. The most irritable differences are in the members’ pension and benefit packages, in addition to those that allow them to use public monies to maintain their jobs. The upcoming national healthcare makeover is probably what launched the latest call for this amendment in the emails and blogosphere. For example –
http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20091120/DVTONLINE03/91119032/1052/rss09
Examples of longstanding entrenched asymmetries may be found in US Code sections that include –
Occupational Safety and Health Act
Freedom of Information Act
Ethics in government laws (to a lesser extent)
Personal Gain outside Federal Employment
A slew of Labor and Employment Laws
More through these links –
http://www.rules.house.gov/Archives/jcoc2ai.htm
http://www.heritage.org/research/governmentreform/bu218.cfm

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