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We will suffer financially in upcoming years....partially because of an inbalance of actual cost of living compared to cost of living increases in pay. Also because our Government sees no reason to change the way our Social security Plan is administered.

This should be a 2008 Election Issue!

GET A BILL STARTED TO PLACE ALL POLITICIANS ON SOC. SECURITY.
This must be an issue in "2008 ".

Our Senators and Congresswomen do not pay into Social Security and, of course, they do not collect from it.They felt they should have a special plan for themselves. So, many year's 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 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.

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, if your lucky.

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.

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