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Posted by becauseHElives (Member # 87) on :

> Subject: LET'S WAKE UP >
>
> Remember this when you go to vote next week.
>
>
> (This is worth the read. It's short and to the point.)
>
> Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our
> Senators and Congressmen do not pay into Social Security and, of course,
> they do not collect from it. Social Security benefits were not
> suitable for persons of their rare elevation in society.
>
> They felt they should have a special plan for themselves. 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: When they retire,
> they continue to draw the same pay until they die, except it may increase
> from time to time for cost of living adjustments.
>
> ! For example, former Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives
may
> expect to draw $7,800,000.00 (that's Seven Million, Eight-Hundred
Thousand),
> with their wives drawing $275,000.00 during the last years of their lives.
> This is calculated on an average life span for each.
>
> Their cost for this excellent plan is $00.00. 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 $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 (l) month to
equal
> Bradley's
>
> Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made. And
> 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 and then 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 to?
>
>

Posted by MIGUEL ANGEL CHAPARRO (Member # 47) on :

No wonder I can sleep at night!