afrotc-l: Fw: Favored Congressmen/women? How...be surprised

["Katie" <kaj2@Ra.MsState.Edu>]

Subject: Favored Congressmen/women? How...be surprised



      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?



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