THE WAY I SEE IT

It strikes me that passing laws for entitlements, putting limits on them, regulations and changes make for uncertainty for the consumer of these entitlements. From one Federal budget to another, the rules keep changing, and they become a tool of the rule makers, not an asset for those who need the entitlement.

It has occurred to me that the biggest problem in Congress is the entitlements they receive for their service, a service of the people, and for the people. Congress is secure in the knowledge that they will never want, a pension and health benefits that will rival or best, anyone's including a king.

Their actions as legislatures seem to show the immunity they possess when they cut services for the poor, when they take away needed funding, and when they decide what will be no longer funded. This needs to stop.

Public service should be just that, service to the public, and should reflect the public at large. Time to take away all the benefits of Congressional service other than their pay, and the benefits should last as long as they serve in office, then, like anyone else who leaves a job, get their own benefits.

What will this do? It will put Congress in another light, one where they will understand better the plight of the working man, and his quest for medical coverage. It will make them less immune to the dangers of lost coverage, it will put them in the real world, and finally, it will give them a better incentive to serve the public like they should, or lose their coverage when they leave office.