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- Subject: FW: Social Security
- From: "Raghav, Bhasker" <BRagha@coair.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 15:22:10 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Collins, Melvin
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 11:35 AM
> To: Raghav, Bhasker; Livingston, Veda; Mcginnis, Douglas;
> 'tammy.collins-jones@chase.com'; 'vcolli1@houstonisd.org'
> Subject: FW: Social Security
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bellamy, Daysi
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 11:16 AM
> To: Mitchell, Cathy; Oshima, Kathy; Perry, Renetta; Maas, Jim; Collins,
> Melvin; Johnson, Leonard; Ficklin, Mike; 'tbaker@corp.earthlink.net';
> 'stacymcb@earthlink.net'; 'stperkins@hotmail.com'; 'race-t@pacbell.net';
> 'bradfoto@tokiom.com'
> Subject: FW: Social Security
>
>
> So that those who don't know, may learn.
>
> Our Senators and Congressmen don't pay in to Social Security, and, of
> course, they don't collect from it.
>
> The reason is that they have a special retirement plan that they voted
> for themselves many years ago. For all practical purposes, it works like
> this:
>
> When they retire, they continue to draw their same pay, until they die,
> except that it may be increased from time to time, by cost of living
> adjustments.
>
> For instance, former Senator Bradley, and his wife, may be expected to
> draw $7,900,000, with Mrs. Bradley drawing $275,000 during the last year
> of her life.
>
> This is calculated on an average life span for each.
>
> This would be well and good, except that they paid nothing in on any
> kind of retirement, and neither does any other Senator or Congressman.
>
> This fine retirement comes right out of the General Fund: our tax money.
>
> While we who pay for it all, draw an average of $1000/month from Social
> Security.
>
> Imagine for a moment that you could structure a retirement plan so
> desirable that people would have extra deducted so that they could
> increase their own personal retirement income.
>
> A retirement plan that works so well, that Railroad employees, Postal
> Workers, and others who aren't in it, would clamor to get in.
> That is how good Social Security could be,
> if only one small change were made.
>
> That change is to jerk the Golden Fleece retirement
> out from under the Senators and Congressmen, and put them in Social
> Security with the rest of us. Then watch how fast they fix it.
>
> If enough people receive this, maybe one or some of them along the way,
> might be able to help. How many can YOU send it to?
