Dang those government people
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:51 pm
I'm sure a lot of you already know this - sometimes things just escape my attention.
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, 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! Bi ll 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 see how fast they would fix it.
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, 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! Bi ll 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 see how fast they would fix it.