CKC1586
Well-known member
This is something to think about!
> ----- Original Subject: Fix Social Security
>
> IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT!
> KEEP IT GOING!!!!
>> 2008 Election Issue!!
>> GET A BILL STARTED TO PLACE ALL POLITICIANS ON SOC. SEC.
> This must be an issue in "2008 ". Please! Keep it going.
>> ----------------------------------
> SOCIAL SECURITY:
> (This is worth reading. It is short and to the point.)
>> 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:
> 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..
> This is calculated on an average life span for each of those two
>Dignitaries. 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.
>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 comes
>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 to? Better yet.....
> How many people WILL you send this to??
>Keep this going clear up thru the 2008 election!! We need to be
> heard
> ----- Original Subject: Fix Social Security
>
> IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT!
> KEEP IT GOING!!!!
>> 2008 Election Issue!!
>> GET A BILL STARTED TO PLACE ALL POLITICIANS ON SOC. SEC.
> This must be an issue in "2008 ". Please! Keep it going.
>> ----------------------------------
> SOCIAL SECURITY:
> (This is worth reading. It is short and to the point.)
>> 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:
> 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..
> This is calculated on an average life span for each of those two
>Dignitaries. 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.
>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 comes
>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 to? Better yet.....
> How many people WILL you send this to??
>Keep this going clear up thru the 2008 election!! We need to be
> heard
