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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 271873" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><strong>2008 Election Issue</strong>!!</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><strong>GET A BILL STARTED TO PLACE ALL POLITICIANS ON </strong></span></span></span>[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>SOCIAL SECURITY: </strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></span>[/FONT]</span> </p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. </strong></span></span></span></p> </p> </p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Our Senators and Congresswomen DO NOT pay into Social Security and, of course, they do not collect from it. </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT]</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>You see, Social Security benefits were not suitable for persons of their rare elevation in society. They</strong> felt they should have a<strong> special plan</strong> for themselves. So, many years ago they voted in their own<strong> benefit plan. </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT]</p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=arial,helvetica]</p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000">[/FONT]<p style="text-align: left">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>In more recent years, no congressperson has felt the need to change it. After all, it is a great plan </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT]</span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>For all practical purposes their plan works like this: </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die. </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Except it may increase from time to time for cost of living adjustments.. </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]</p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>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. </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]</p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>This is calculated on an average life span for each of those two Dignitaries. </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]</p></p> <p style="text-align: left">[/FONT]</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Younger Dignitaries who retire at an early age, will receive much more during the rest of their lives. </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT]</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Their cost for this excellent plan is $0.00.. NADA..! ZILCH... </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT]<p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>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; </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT]<p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>"OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT]</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>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. </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]</p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of $1,000 monthly benefits for another 68 years and one (1) month to equal Senator! Bill Bradley's benefits! </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]</p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made. </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]</p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000">[/FONT]</p> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>That change would be to: </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT]<p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from under the Senators and Congressmen. Put them into the Social Security plan with the rest of us </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT]<p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Then sit back..... </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>And see how fast they would fix it. </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT]<p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: left">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe good changes will evolve. </strong></span></span></span>[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica]</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span 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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 271873, member: 1246"] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Garamond][B]2008 Election Issue[/B]!![/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Garamond][B]GET A BILL STARTED TO PLACE ALL POLITICIANS ON [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]SOCIAL SECURITY: [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT][/CENTER][/LEFT][/FONT][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]Our Senators and Congresswomen DO NOT pay into Social Security and, of course, they do not collect from it. [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [LEFT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]You see, Social Security benefits were not suitable for persons of their rare elevation in society. They[/B] felt they should have a[B] special plan[/B] for themselves. So, many years ago they voted in their own[B] benefit plan. [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/LEFT] [/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=arial,helvetica][/LEFT] [/FONT][LEFT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]In more recent years, no congressperson has felt the need to change it. After all, it is a great plan [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [LEFT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]For all practical purposes their plan works like this: [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica] [/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die. [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica] [/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]Except it may increase from time to time for cost of living adjustments.. [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][/LEFT] [LEFT][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]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. [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][/LEFT] [LEFT][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]This is calculated on an average life span for each of those two Dignitaries. [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][/LEFT] [/FONT] [FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]Younger Dignitaries who retire at an early age, will receive much more during the rest of their lives. [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [/LEFT] [CENTER][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]Their cost for this excellent plan is $0.00.. NADA..! ZILCH... [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][CENTER][LEFT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]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; [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][CENTER][LEFT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]"OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [LEFT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]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. [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][/LEFT] [LEFT][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of $1,000 monthly benefits for another 68 years and one (1) month to equal Senator! Bill Bradley's benefits! [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][/LEFT] [LEFT][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made. [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][/LEFT] [CENTER][/FONT][/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]That change would be to: [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][CENTER][LEFT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]Jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from under the Senators and Congressmen. Put them into the Social Security plan with the rest of us [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][CENTER][LEFT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]Then sit back..... [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]And see how fast they would fix it. [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][CENTER][LEFT][CENTER][LEFT][FONT=arial,helvetica][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][B]If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe good changes will evolve. [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica] [CENTER][/FONT][/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/LEFT] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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