Thanks to Doug
> >
> > LET US SHOW
> > OUR LEADERS IN
> > POWER OF THE INTERNET. PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL OF YOUR
> > FRIENDS.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN OR
> > DEMOCRAT!
> >
> > KEEP IT GOING!!!!
> >
> > Propose this in 2009:
> >
> > START A BILL TO PLACE ALL POLITICIANS ON SOCIAL SECURITY
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> > SOCIAL SECURITY:
> >
> > (This is worth reading. It is short and to the
> > point.)
> >
> > Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election
> > years.
> >
> > Our Senators and Congresswomen
> > do
> > not pay into Social
> > Security and, of course, they do not collect from it.
> >
> >
> > You see,20Social Security benefits were not suitable for
> > persons of their rare
> > elevation in society.
> > They felt they
> > should have a special
> > plan for themselves.
> > So, many years ago they voted in their own benefit
> > plan.
> >
> > In more recent years, no congressperson 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 the same pay until
> > they die.
> > Except it may increase from time to time for cost of living
> > adjustments...
> >
> > For example, Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their
> > wives may expect to draw
> > $7, 800,000.00 (that's Seven Million, Eight-Hundred
> > Thousand Dollars), with their wives drawing
> > $275, 000..00 during the last years of their lives.
> > This is calculated on
> > an average life span for each of those two
> > Dignitaries.
> >
> > Younger Dignitaries who retire at an
> > early age, will receive much more during the rest of their
> > lives.
> >
> > Their cost for this excellent plan is
> > $0.00.
> > NADA!!!
> > ZILCH!!!
> >
> > This little perk they voted for themselves is free to
> > them. You and I pick up the
> > tab for this plan. The funds for
> > this fine retirement plan come directly from the General
> > Funds;
> >
> > "OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK"!
> >
> > From our own Social Security Plan, which you and I
> > pay (or have paid) into, every payday until we
> > retire (which amount
> > is matched by
> > our employer),
> > We can expect to get an average of
> >
> > $1,000 per month after
> > retirement.
> >
> > Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of
> > $1,000 monthly benefits for 68 years and one (1) month to
> > equal Senator Bill Bradley's benefits!
> >
> >
> > Social Security could be very good if only one small change
> > were made.
> >
> > That change would be to
> >
> > Jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from under the
> > Senators and Congressmen.. Put them into the Social Security
> > plan with the rest of us
> >
> > Then sit back.....
> >
> > And see how fast they would fix it!
> >
> > If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness
> > will be planted and maybe good changes will
> > evolve.
> >
> >
> > How many people can YOU
> > send this to?
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