Social Security 2004

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Y'all, some more fuel to my fire today. Hope tomorrow is better. Maybe

after pt today, I maybe better.

Social Security 2004

This is very interesting and something that even those of us not

collecting now should look at seriously.

Since many of us have paid into FICA for years, and are now receiving a

Social Security check every month -- and then finding that we are

getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the federal government to

put away, you may be interested in the following:

Immigrants moved into this country and at 65 got Social Security. The

Government gave that to them although they never paid a dime into it.

SOCIAL SECURITY: (This is worth the read. Its short and to the point.)

Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our

Senators and Congress men and 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.

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.

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 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.

PLEASE! PASS THIS ON!

2004 ELECTION ISSUE

This must be an issue in 04.

Please! Keep it going.

How many people can YOU send this to?

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