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From: "bill" <>
Subject: Re: [FREEMAN-L] Fw: Social Security
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 22:36:55 -0500
References: <Law8-OE43rKpgHpJxLn000095d6@hotmail.com>


I sent it on to about 20 people! Billie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bunnie German" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:49 PM
Subject: [FREEMAN-L] Fw: Social Security


>
> This is something to share! Bunnie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 7:10 PM
> Subject: Social Security
>
>
> 2004 Election Issue
> This must be an issue in "04". Please! Keep it going.
>
> SOCIAL SECURITY:
> (This is worth the read. It's short and to the point.)
>
> Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our
> Senators
> and Congress men & women 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. F! or example, former 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.
>
> Their cost for this excellent plan is $00.00. 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 $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 ver! y 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 watch 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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