Subject: retirement
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> > So that any who don't, may know.
> >
> > 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 it to?
> >
> > 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 it to?
Comments
unless you were planning to build some kind of robot that can cary a sign on a
pole and marches in front of the whit house gate )
Sandor
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