This gets me so mad!

From: Karla (ifirgit@webcntrl.com)
Wed Sep 20 20:11:17 2000


> > << PASS THIS (Copy & Paste, Please) ON TILL IT REACHES EVERYONE BY
> > ELECTION TIME
> > 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.
> >
> > If enough people receive this, maybe one or some of them along the way,
> > might be able to help. How many can YOU send ????????
> >
>

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