(This
is worth reading. It is short and to the point.
It came through my email from an unidentified source)
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT !
GET BILL STARTED TO PLACE ALL
POLITICIANS ON SOC. SEC. This must be an issue in "2004".
Perhaps
we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our Senators
and Congresswomen do not pay into Social Security and, of course, they
do not collect from it.
You see, Social Security benefits were not suitable for persons of their
rare elevation in society. They felt they should have a special plan
for themselves. So, many years ago they voted in their own
benefit plan.
In more recent years, no congressperson has felt the need to change
it. After all, it is a great plan.
For all practical purposes their plan works like this:
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When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die.
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Except it may increase from time to time for cost of living adjustments...
For example, Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives may
expect to draw $7,800,000.00 (that's Seven Million, Eight-Hundred
Thousand Dollars), with their wives drawing $275,000.00 during the
last years of their lives.
This
is calculated on an average life span for each of those two Dignitaries.
Younger Dignitaries who retire at an early age, will receive much
more during the rest of their lives.
Their
cost for this excellent plan is $0.00. NADA... ZILCH...
This
little perk they voted for themselves is free to them. You and I pick
up the tab for this plan. The funds for this fine retirement plan
come directly from the General Funds...
 "OUR
TAX DOLLARS AT WORK "!
From our own Social Security Plan, which you and I pay (or have paid)
into, -every payday until we retire (which amount is matched by our
employer) - we can expect to get an average of $1,000 per month after
retirement. Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average
of $1,000 monthly benefits for 68 years and one (1) month to equal
Senator Bill Bradley's benefits!
Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made.
That change would be to: Jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement
Plan from under the Senators and Congressmen. Put them
into the Social Security plan with the rest of us . then sit back...
and watch how fast they would fix it.
If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted
and maybe good changes will evolve. How many people can YOU send this
web page to?
Better yet... How many people WILL you send this web page to?? |
