Social Security.....
Our Senators & 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 maybe 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 money 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 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? |
