Our elected officials have forgotten, They are servants of the people. I received this email today and wish you all to read it and pass it on.
Our Senators and Congressmen do not pay into Social Security and
therefore, 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 benefit plan. In more recent years, no congress person
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 their same pay until they die, except it may be increased
from time to time by the cost of living adjustments.
For example, former Senator Bradley and his wife may be expected to draw
$7,900,000.00, with Mrs. Bradley drawing $275,000.00 during the last years
of her life. This is calculated on an average life span for each.
THEIR cost for this excellent plan is "$0.00" -- nada! Nothing!
This little perk they voted in for themselves is free to them. You and I
pick
up the tab for this plan. This fine retirement plan is funded directly from
the General Funds of the U.S. Treasury. Our tax dollars at work!
With Social Security, which you and I pay into every payday for our own
retirement, with an equal amount matched by our employer, we can expect
to get an average of $1,000.00 per month. In other words, we would have to
collect our benefits for 681 years and 1 month to equal the Bradley's'
benefits.
Imagine, for a moment, that you could structure a retirement plan so
desirable
that people would have extra amounts deducted from their pay to enhance
their
own personal retirement income. A retirement plan that worked so well that
Railroad Employees, Postal Workers and others, who were not in the plan,
would clamor to be included.
This is how good Social Security could be, if only one small change were
made.
That change would be to jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan out from
under
the Senators and Congressmen. Put them into the Social Security plan with
the
rest of us. Then watch how fast they would work to fix the current Social
Security
Plan!
So what happens now? Will you delete this email because you don't care? Do
you
think this situation is UNCHANGEABLE? Well, if you simply delete this
message,
you will be proving yourself right. However, if enough people see this
message,
maybe enough seeds will be planted to sprout some effective changes in the
current
Social Security Plan.
How many people can YOU send this message to? |
