Richard Marker

Philanthropy speaker, educator, trustee, and advisor to funders, foundations, & families around the world.

[Richard Marker @rmarker]

Check out my latest article: Philanthropy's Evolving Role: Risk Capital to De-Risking Capital https://t.co/yUsZtrgeVZ via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: Philanthropy and the Family Office https://t.co/erPUgbrLzk via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: I Want What They're Having https://t.co/XxloA1vUFv via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: A Delicate Balance: Surfacing the Right Data about Underfunding while Reducing Competition among the Underfunded https://t.co/L9uVZ62GP4 via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: An Ode to Personal Diplomacy https://t.co/ja8NOYO65c via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: Saying "No", Hearing "No" - Two Preconditions for Responsible Grantmaking https://t.co/IEXJLDpDlj via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: An Irresponsible and Unethical Change for Health Insurance Practice https://t.co/0pY1D3wVWd via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: Some Thoughts on The Commons by the Chronicle of Philanthropy https://t.co/DHhR9qdI6Q via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: Sometimes it is the Right Question at the Right Time - Further Thoughts on Inter-sector Collaborations https://t.co/7CM7zgcSMb via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: Philanthropy's Narrative Needs Help Too https://t.co/rbaXVhiPvM via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: Rewriting the Narrative on Taxes. If you ask the wrong question... https://t.co/IDTjbQ6WjB via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: Organizational Culture - Still the Secret Sauce in Job Satisfaction? https://t.co/rWIyDFErE0 via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: Some Thoughts on the Chronicle of Philanthropy article on the Wild West of Philanthropy Advising https://t.co/cWUf0kV0dU via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: The Challenge, and Importance, of Inclusion: Personal Lessons from Pope Francis https://t.co/3qPJltdx13 via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: Is this the end of "Modernity"? https://t.co/R8Q0WQKSrP via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: Philanthropy Matters https://t.co/MmuYk4uyQH via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: Is US Philanthropy a Useful Model for the World? An Asian Perspective https://t.co/oA1mrVefpv via @LinkedIn

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Warren Buffett, "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.
I am asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise. In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.
*Congressional Reform Act of 2019*
1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 7/1/19. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term's), then go home and back to work.
If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Maybe it is time.
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!! If you agree with the above, pass it on.

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Check out my latest article: Living in the Interstices https://t.co/qAlJ57TeqX via @LinkedIn

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Check out my latest article: The Seductive Allure of Evidence-Based Grantmaking https://t.co/uH4UDA0oZy via @LinkedIn