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Subject: Where did it go? SOCIAL SECURITY: (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 > benefits! > > 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? > --- Joe Czaplicki --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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