All, I don't know whether this will be a blessing or a curse, but if it's true, it really makes me angry.. > > > >Our Senators and Congressmen don't pay in to Social > >Security, and, of course, they don't collect from it. > > > >The reason is that they have a special retirement plan > >that they voted for themselves many years ago. For all > >practical purposes, it works like this: > > > >When they retire, they continue to draw their same pay, until they > >die, except that it may be increased from time to time, by cost of > >living adjustments. > > > >For instance, former Senator Bradley, and his wife, > >may be expected to draw $7,900,000, with Mrs. Bradley > >drawing $275,000 during the last year of her life. This is > >calculated on an average life span for each. > > > >This would be well and good, except that they paid nothing > >in on any kind of retirement, and neither does any other > >Senator or Congressman. > > > >This fine retirement comes right out of the General Fund: our > >tax money. While we who pay for it all, draw an average of > >$1000/month from Social Security. > > > >Imagine for a moment that you could structure a retirement plan so > >desirable that people would have extra deducted so that they could > >increase their own personal retirement income. A retirement plan > >that works so well, that Railroad employees, Postal Workers, and > >others who aren't in it, would clamor to get in. > > > >That is how good Social Security could be, if only one small change > >were made. That change is to jerk the Golden Fleece retirement > >out from under the Senators and Congressmen, and put them in > >Social Security with the rest of us. Then watch how fast they fix it. > > > _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
