Disclaimer: The Retirement Choice Act is not a true piece of legislation, but it should be. I present my ideas with legislative titles, because it gives a name for people to rally behind.
We can all agree that Social Security needs some help. There are a handful of debatable ways to handle this time bomb of fiscal catastrophe. First, we need to deal with the fact that it’s not sustainable. According to current projections Social Security will run out of funds by 2037. We also need to make sure Congress doesn’t use the money for anything other than our retirement. Third and last, we should be given a choice as to what happens with those funds. It’s our money after all. View full article »
Wouldn’t it be nice if every time you thought about helping a candidate run for public office you weren’t first asked for money? Wouldn’t it be nice if even the poorest individual could run for public office if he or she was the most qualified? I know it sounds like a dream land. The wonderful reality of this story is that it actually exists in a handful of states.
This is a contention point which will have difficulty finding agreement. The idea of putting more of our tax dollars in the pocket of politicians seems a bit distasteful. Nonetheless, in the broader context of improving the value and image of Congress it starts to make sense. Let’s look at it this way, if we want the brightest minds of the world working to improve our country, not making money for Bank of America or Google we need to pay them a competitive salary. We need to make it worth their time. The CEOs of the world should look at being in the United States Congress as the epitome of success. There are many ways to do this and one is to make sure their time spent in office is worthwhile financially.
