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		<title>By: Dave</title>
		<link>http://occamsrazr.com/2008/11/20/capitol-punishment/comment-page-1/#comment-11906</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great idea but a tad bit radical. Remember that DC employs are tremendous amount of people which I believe is the major stumbling block on mking major cuts. Lobbyists are too well equipped and I&#039;m sure they remind the politicians they have paid off that IF you cut project A your constituent area will lose XXX number of jobs. Show me a person that lost their job that voted for an incumbant? 

Where I would start is 

1. Overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - I would then do a detailed audit and find where these justices that allowed this to pass were paid off? I&#039;m sure off shore accounts free from US scrutiny has money waiting for these crooks to access.

2. I would pass a law that saws no Lobbyist, Corporation  Rep., Corp. Lawyer or whatever slug that intends to influence a politician is allowed to enter the city limits of Washington D.C. Any violation of this law will be an immediate 6 months in prison in a federal penitentiary. 

3. All Politicians will post 4 weeks in advance all constituent meetings. The meeting list will to identify the business purpose and who will be in attendance. This meeting when scheduled, will be sent via email to all constituents that request to see the Representatives calendar. All meetings will be held in federal buildings and televised. No more golf course meetings - junkets, titty bars, Gay bars etc.

4. All new laws will be sent to the GAO and have what will be called &quot;We the People&#039; impact analysis. This analysis will detail jobs impacted and corporate benefactors. This will be public record. Any proposed law that identifies a negative &quot;WTP&quot; impact will not move forward.

5. All politicians salaries will be frozen. All health benefits will be straight medicare. All retirement funds will follow the current 401K guidelines that many Americans have been forced into effectively stripping away actual retirement funds. Expense accounts will be reduced.

Implement the above and I&#039;ll guarantee you&#039;ll run the status quo out of DC. Being strapped like this will only attract people that truly want to represent the people. Once people know the payoffs have been cutoff - a new type of politician will emerge.

The first order of business these politicians would be handed is the complete backout of the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act and restore the original guidelines of the Glass-Stegall Act. Gramm, Leach and Billey should be forced to have detailed audits to discover their payoffs. Robert Rubin and Bill Clinton should be included.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great idea but a tad bit radical. Remember that DC employs are tremendous amount of people which I believe is the major stumbling block on mking major cuts. Lobbyists are too well equipped and I&#8217;m sure they remind the politicians they have paid off that IF you cut project A your constituent area will lose XXX number of jobs. Show me a person that lost their job that voted for an incumbant? </p>
<p>Where I would start is </p>
<p>1. Overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission &#8211; I would then do a detailed audit and find where these justices that allowed this to pass were paid off? I&#8217;m sure off shore accounts free from US scrutiny has money waiting for these crooks to access.</p>
<p>2. I would pass a law that saws no Lobbyist, Corporation  Rep., Corp. Lawyer or whatever slug that intends to influence a politician is allowed to enter the city limits of Washington D.C. Any violation of this law will be an immediate 6 months in prison in a federal penitentiary. </p>
<p>3. All Politicians will post 4 weeks in advance all constituent meetings. The meeting list will to identify the business purpose and who will be in attendance. This meeting when scheduled, will be sent via email to all constituents that request to see the Representatives calendar. All meetings will be held in federal buildings and televised. No more golf course meetings &#8211; junkets, titty bars, Gay bars etc.</p>
<p>4. All new laws will be sent to the GAO and have what will be called &#8220;We the People&#8217; impact analysis. This analysis will detail jobs impacted and corporate benefactors. This will be public record. Any proposed law that identifies a negative &#8220;WTP&#8221; impact will not move forward.</p>
<p>5. All politicians salaries will be frozen. All health benefits will be straight medicare. All retirement funds will follow the current 401K guidelines that many Americans have been forced into effectively stripping away actual retirement funds. Expense accounts will be reduced.</p>
<p>Implement the above and I&#8217;ll guarantee you&#8217;ll run the status quo out of DC. Being strapped like this will only attract people that truly want to represent the people. Once people know the payoffs have been cutoff &#8211; a new type of politician will emerge.</p>
<p>The first order of business these politicians would be handed is the complete backout of the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act and restore the original guidelines of the Glass-Stegall Act. Gramm, Leach and Billey should be forced to have detailed audits to discover their payoffs. Robert Rubin and Bill Clinton should be included.</p>
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		<title>By: Jon_Lewis</title>
		<link>http://occamsrazr.com/2008/11/20/capitol-punishment/comment-page-1/#comment-11867</link>
		<dc:creator>Jon_Lewis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Love this idea.  They are out of touch.  Would love to have seen a town hall meeting locally with some of our reps while the debt ceiling debate continued.  They are all out of touch.  Luther Strange, our wonderful attorney general, was quoted in the Birmingham News that we don&#039;t have any wrongful foreclosure problems on the same day I mediated a wrongful foreclosure case for a nice settlement for my clients.  Talk about out of touch.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love this idea.  They are out of touch.  Would love to have seen a town hall meeting locally with some of our reps while the debt ceiling debate continued.  They are all out of touch.  Luther Strange, our wonderful attorney general, was quoted in the Birmingham News that we don&#8217;t have any wrongful foreclosure problems on the same day I mediated a wrongful foreclosure case for a nice settlement for my clients.  Talk about out of touch.</p>
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		<title>By: Ike</title>
		<link>http://occamsrazr.com/2008/11/20/capitol-punishment/comment-page-1/#comment-8685</link>
		<dc:creator>Ike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d let them congregate in virtual space, where we can watch them.

I&#039;d also make all of their phone records public. We have a right to know who talks to whom.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d let them congregate in virtual space, where we can watch them.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d also make all of their phone records public. We have a right to know who talks to whom.</p>
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		<title>By: Cam Beck</title>
		<link>http://occamsrazr.com/2008/11/20/capitol-punishment/comment-page-1/#comment-8684</link>
		<dc:creator>Cam Beck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Telecommuting is a good idea... but I would not make it easy for them to congregate (with exceptions as may occur from time to time in an emergency). The easier we make it to pass laws, the more &lt;em&gt;not passing laws&lt;/em&gt; will seem to them a waste of time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Telecommuting is a good idea&#8230; but I would not make it easy for them to congregate (with exceptions as may occur from time to time in an emergency). The easier we make it to pass laws, the more <em>not passing laws</em> will seem to them a waste of time.</p>
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		<title>By: Tim Willingham</title>
		<link>http://occamsrazr.com/2008/11/20/capitol-punishment/comment-page-1/#comment-8600</link>
		<dc:creator>Tim Willingham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;RT @ikepigott: On this election day, please vote. And then let&#039;s bring Congress home PERMANENTLY &#124; http://ike4.me/ocped&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @ikepigott: On this election day, please vote. And then let&#39;s bring Congress home PERMANENTLY | <a href="http://ike4.me/ocped" rel="nofollow">http://ike4.me/ocped</a></span></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Ike Pigott</title>
		<link>http://occamsrazr.com/2008/11/20/capitol-punishment/comment-page-1/#comment-8599</link>
		<dc:creator>Ike Pigott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;On this election day, please vote. And then let&#039;s bring Congress home PERMANENTLY &#124; http://ike4.me/ocped&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">On this election day, please vote. And then let&#39;s bring Congress home PERMANENTLY | <a href="http://ike4.me/ocped" rel="nofollow">http://ike4.me/ocped</a></span></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Ike Pigott</title>
		<link>http://occamsrazr.com/2008/11/20/capitol-punishment/comment-page-1/#comment-6850</link>
		<dc:creator>Ike Pigott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;@edatpost - It&#039;s not the agencies that need relocating, it&#039;s Congress!  http://ike4.me/ocp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">@edatpost &#8211; It&#39;s not the agencies that need relocating, it&#39;s Congress!  <a href="http://ike4.me/ocp" rel="nofollow">http://ike4.me/ocp</a></span></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Ike Pigott</title>
		<link>http://occamsrazr.com/2008/11/20/capitol-punishment/comment-page-1/#comment-5914</link>
		<dc:creator>Ike Pigott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;I am about to kick off the first @ignitebham. Locked and loaded, let&#039;s hit the deck!  http://ike4.me/ocp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">I am about to kick off the first @ignitebham. Locked and loaded, let&#39;s hit the deck!  <a href="http://ike4.me/ocp" rel="nofollow">http://ike4.me/ocp</a></span></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Ike Pigott</title>
		<link>http://occamsrazr.com/2008/11/20/capitol-punishment/comment-page-1/#comment-5915</link>
		<dc:creator>Ike Pigott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;Maybe Congress could avoid violence by being in tune with constituents, if they worked from home &#124; http://ike4.me/ocp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Maybe Congress could avoid violence by being in tune with constituents, if they worked from home | <a href="http://ike4.me/ocp" rel="nofollow">http://ike4.me/ocp</a></span></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Lessa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lessa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;Dem&#039;s , Lib&#039;s , Rep. This is something We all can agree on RT @ikepigott : http://ike4.me/ocp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Dem&#39;s , Lib&#39;s , Rep. This is something We all can agree on RT @ikepigott : <a href="http://ike4.me/ocp" rel="nofollow">http://ike4.me/ocp</a></span></span></span></p>
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