Now THIS is the retirement plan I'd like to HAVE rather than PAY FOR!

[Dover]

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 watch how fast they would fix it.

[Richardo]

1. False. This has been 'snoped' to hell and back.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/pensions.asp

:eyes:

[leveymg]

6. Thanks for jumping on this, R - who says DU isn't self-policing?

As for the person who spread this snope what'ya have to say for yourself?

No dessert for you, tonight.

[aquart]

2. One solution:

We all sign up to run for Congress.

[liberal N proud]

3. That is why it stopping shrub is going to be impossible

Our Senators and Congresswomen do not pay into Social Security and, of course, they do not collect from it.

They have no interest in protecting it.

[BlueEyedSon]

4. Don't even reply to this bait. SNOPES SNOPES SNOPES pls nt

[Justitia]

5. Man, the false info is out in force! I can't even keep up anymore. -eom

[Dover]

7. My bad.......thanks for the correction.

I just received this email.....never saw it before, and obviously didn't know the facts. So thanks for providing the snopes link. I'm tempted to just delete it but maybe someone else who receives this email will see my post.

[Justitia]

8. Think of all the other readers you might be educating

but most importantly, be sure to set straight the person who sent you the e-mail in the first place.

We have to nip this stuff in the bud.

:pals: