Subject: Being fleeced Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:02:54 EST To: , From: 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, 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 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 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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