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Reply Sun 6 Aug, 2006 10:35 am
WHY WAIT UNTIL 2008? THERE IS AN ELECTION IN 2006. I HEREWITH FIRMLY STATE THAT I WILL NOT VOTE FOR ANY POLITICIAN, REGARDLESS OF THE OTHER ISSUES, IF HE DOES NOT SPONSOR AND SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION. THAT INCLUDES EVERYONE STANDING FOR ELECTION IN 2006.

LET US SHOW OUR LEADERS IN WASHINGTON "PEOPLE POWER"AND THE POWER OF THE INTERNET LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE WITH ME ON THIS BY REPLYING AND FORWARDING TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.



IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT!




KEEP IT GOING!!!!



2008 Election Issue!!

GET A BILL STARTED TO PLACE ALL POLITICIANS ON SOC. SEC.


This must be an issue in "2008" Please! Keep it going.

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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, Social 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
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Curmudgeon
 
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Reply Sun 6 Aug, 2006 12:10 pm
@Drnaline,
This is not news to most aware people , and has been circulated for years with little or no result .
Too bad , because it is the perfect solution ! If those members of congress were under SS rules , it would be reformed immediately , in my opinion . No wonder Congress continues to " borrow " from SS , it's no skin off their noses if it can't pay future retirees .
I can claim SS this year if I wish , but it would be a whopping $880 a month !! If I wait till 65 plus 10 months , I will get the princely sum of about $1080 a month !! WOW , not sure I could live on that !!
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jatuab
 
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Reply Sun 6 Aug, 2006 09:42 pm
@Drnaline,
haha, i would kill for $1000 a month...but i haven't even graduated college yet, so any money is good money
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Curmudgeon
 
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Reply Sun 6 Aug, 2006 10:15 pm
@Drnaline,
Jatuab , you can't live on $1000 a month , even if you own a paid for home and maybe have a wife bringng in a paycheck . Well I guess you could , but not anywhere near the lifestyle you are accustomed to , and mine is really not very high-class . That is less than $225 a week , utilities , food , insurance , meds , small things like a car or truck to drive , etc. , eat that up quickly .
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jatuab
 
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Reply Sun 6 Aug, 2006 10:47 pm
@Drnaline,
Well I admit that I don't pay my rent, car payment, or insurance. I pay for my food, gas, natural gas, electricity, cable, and a small credit card. Other than that, I have a scholarship that covers tuition and books. I wouldn't say I'm a poor college student, but I've been pressed at times.

Oh yeh, and I get most of my tax money back. That helps out a lot.
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