This must be a campaign issue in 2004.
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 Congressmen do not
pay into Social Security. Many years ago they voted
in their own benefit plan. In more recent years, no
congress person has felt the need to change it. 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,
former Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their
wives may expect to draw $7,800,000 - that's Seven
Million, Eight Hundred Thousand), 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.
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 Fund--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 month
to equal Senator Bill Bradley's benefits!
Social Security could be very good if only one small
change were made. And 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 and then 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.
WE, each one of us... can make a difference.
How many people can YOU send this to?
