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A friend of mine emailed this to me the other day and I thought that I would post it here. This isn't the first time that I have seen this. I also thought that the rest of you might be interested in this. I have no idea the extent of the truthfulness of it but it would be worth researching to find out. I plan to. I hope that you all have a fabulous weekend and may God smile down on all of us!

 

 

 Subject: If You are A Working Person Whose Had To Earn
         The Money You've Been Paid Read This.
         KEEP IT GOING!!!!

         2008 Election Issue!!
         GET A BILL STARTED TO PLACE ALL POLITICIANS ON SOC. SEC.
       This must be an issue in "2008." Please! Keep it going.

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        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 congress person 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..

        This is calculated on an average life span for each of
 those two Dignitaries For example, Senator Byrd and Congressman
 TomDeLay 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.
         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.
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